Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances in Adults with Down Syndrome

Mental Health, Intellectual Disabilities, and the Aging Process

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 81-93

  Patti, Paul J ^a   Tsiouris, John A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Madadaptive behaviors; Psychiatric diagnosis; Psychiatric signs; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247160612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776179.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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