Profiles of women who have mental retardation with and without a documented history of abuse

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hickson, Linda ^a   Khemka, Ishita ^b   Golden, Harriet ^c   Chatzistyli, Aikaterini ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AHRC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 41149110738     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2008)113[133:POWWHM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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