The Assessment of Mental Illness in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Service Providers' Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 52-73

  Mikkelsen, Edwin J ^a   Charlot, Lauren R ^b,c   Langa, Arturo ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural disorders; Cognitive impairments; Intellectual disabilities; Mental illness; Problematic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879460034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773697.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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