Skin-picking in individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome: Prevalence, functional assessment, and its comorbidity with compulsive and self-injurious behaviours

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-419

  Didden, Robert ^a,b   Korzilius, Hubert ^a   Curfs, Leopold M G ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Hanzeborg   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compulsive behaviour; Functional assessment; Mental health problems; Prader Willi syndrome; Self injurious behaviour; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548152338     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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