Adaptive behavior assessment and the diagnosis of mental retardation in capital cases

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Tassé, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Assessment; Atkins; Death penalty; Diagnosis; Forensic; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRIME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALINGERING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650508479     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280902864451     Document Type: Review

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