Psychiatry and mental retardation: towards a behavioural pharmacological concept.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1993.tb00889.x

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Psychiatry and mental retardation: towards a behavioural pharmacological concept.

Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR - 1 Oct 1993

Tuinier S, Verhoeven W M

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The rediscovery of psychiatric disorders in mentally retarded subjects has revealed the inadequacy of existing diagnostic and classification systems. The major reason for the limitations of the latter is that such systems have not been developed for application in subjects with substantial intell...

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Animals
Brain
Comorbidity
Humans
Intellectual Disability
Mental Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Neurotransmitter Agents
Phenotype
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychosocial Deprivation

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