Anger Management and Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-70

  Hamelin, Jeffery ^a   Travis, Robert ^b   Sturmey, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office   (United States)

Author keywords

anger management; empirically supported treatments; evidence based practices; intellectual disabilities; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869994114     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2011.637661     Document Type: Article

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