Challenging behaviour and psychiatric disorder in intellectual disability

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 450-455

  Allen, David ^a   Davies, Dee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural equivalents; Challenging behaviour; Intervention; Mental health; Psychiatric disorder; Setting events

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34548403841     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32826fb332     Document Type: Review

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