Psychological treatments in intellectual disability: The challenges of building a good evidence base

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 428-430

  Bhaumik, Sabyasachi ^a,b   Gangadharan, Satheesh ^a   Hiremath, Avinash ^a   Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar ^c  

^a LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 79957976307     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085084     Document Type: Review

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