Prevalence and associations of anxiety disorders in adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-181

  Reid, K A ^a   Smiley, E ^a   Cooper, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Intellectual disabilities; Mental ill health; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751485854     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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