Practitioner review: Stress intervention for parents of children with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1338-1349

  Hastings, Richard P ^a   Beck, Alexandra ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Intellectual disability; Parents; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TRAINING;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 7444228631     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00357.x     Document Type: Review

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