An exploration of substance misuse in people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 588-597

  Taggart, Laurence ^a   McLaughlin, D ^a   Quinn, B ^a   Milligan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identification; Impact; Intellectual disability; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745865470     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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