Dementia screening questionnaire for individuals with intellectual disabilities

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue MAY, 2007, Pages 440-444

  Deb, Shoumitro ^a,e   Hare, Monika ^b   Prior, Lindsay ^c   Bhaumik, Sabyasachi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Ctr for Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248159588     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024984     Document Type: Article

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