My shield will protect me against the ANTS: Treatment of PTSD in a client with an intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Fernando, Kumari ^a   Medlicott, Louisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Otago District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case report; Intellectual disability; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC NEGATIVE THOUGHT; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSON; INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349095337     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250902845228     Document Type: Article

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