Dialectical behaviour therapy for special populations: treatment with adolescents and their caregivers

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 6-14

  Fletcher, Robert J ^a   Charlton, Margaret ^a   Dykstra, Eric J ^b  

^a Aurora Mental Health Center   (United States)

^b Developmental Enhancement PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; DBT; Dialectical behavior therapy; Intellectual disability; Learning disabilities; Mental illness; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862624322     PISSN: 20441282     EISSN: 20441290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20441281111180619     Document Type: Article

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