Prevalence of anxiety disorder in children and young people with intellectual disabilities and autism

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-140

  Gobrial, Ereny ^a   Raghavan, Raghu ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism; Children and young people; Intellectual disabilities; Learning disabilities; Mental health disorders; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862592051     PISSN: 20441282     EISSN: 20441290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20441281211227193     Document Type: Article

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