Methodology, Design, and Evaluation in Psychotherapy Research with People with Intellectual Disabilities

The International Handbook of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 531-547

  Beail, Nigel ^a  

^a Psychological Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural approaches; Psychoanalytic ideas; Psychotherapy; Treatment literature; Treatment of psychological problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948949501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713198.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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