Anger Control Problems

Psychological Therapies for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 133-155

  Taylor, John L ^a,b   Novaco, Raymond W ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger assessment proximity bias; Anger control; Antipsychotic behavioral control drugs; Cognitive deficits, coping impairment; ID internalized control; IDs and aggression, costs involved; IDs, and anger activation; Mental health and anger, dysregulation; Model CBT anger treatment; Reappraisal, shifting attentional focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877074396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118329252.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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