Depressive Symptoms Displayed by Persons with Mental Retardation: A Review.

Pawlarcyzk, Douglas; Beckwith, Bill E.

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ERIC Number: EJ364860

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Publication Date: 1987

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Depressive Symptoms Displayed by Persons with Mental Retardation: A Review.

Pawlarcyzk, Douglas; Beckwith, Bill E.

Mental Retardation, v25 n6 p325-30 Dec 1987

The applicability of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III" diagnostic criteria for "Major Depressive Episode" within a population of persons with mild and moderate mental retardation was validated by reviewing reports of severe depression among these individuals. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Mental Disorders, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Psychiatry

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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