Depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders in people with intellectual disabilities

Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 113-130

  Stavrakaki, Chrissoula ^a   Lunsky, Yona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84927114441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543616.008     Document Type: Chapter

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