Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Urbano, Richard C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hodapp, Robert M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2007.
• Σειρά: International review of research in mental retardation ; v. 33.
• Θέματα: Mental retardation > Epidemiology.; Developmental disabilities > Epidemiology.; PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.; Electronic books.

 International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences. *Discusses the developmental epidemiology of mental retardation and developmental disabilities *Explores the cutting edge methodological, statistical, and theoretical advances within the field *Section I serves as an introduction, Section II reviews the various measurements, and Section III focuses on the epidemiological findings. 

 Developmental epidemiology of mental retardation/developmental disabilities: an emerging discipline / Robert M. Hodapp and Richard C. Urbano -- Record linkage: a research strategy for developmental epidemiology / Richard C. Urbano -- Second-order linkage and family datasets / Shihfen Tu, Craig A. Mason, and Quansheng Song -- Incorporating geographical analysis into the study of mental retardation and developmental disabilities / Russell S. Kirby -- Statistical issues in developmental epidemiology and developmental disabilities research: confounding variables, small sample size, and numerous outcome variables / Jennifer Urbano Blackford -- Economic perspectives on service choice and optimal policy: understanding the effects of family heterogeneity on MR/DD outcomes / Stephanie A. So -- Public Health impact: metropolitan atlanta developmental disabilities surveillance program / Rachel Nonkin Avchen, Tanya Karapurkar Bhasin, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp -- Using GIS to investigate the role of recreation and leisure activities in the prevention of emotional and behavior disorders / Tina L. Stanton-Chapman and Derek A. Chapman -- The developmental epidemiology of mental retardation and developmental disabilities / Dennis P. Hogan, Michael E. Msall, and Julia A. Rivera Drew -- Evolution of symptoms and syndromes of psychopathology in young people with mental retardation -- Stewart L. Einfeld, Bruce J. Tonge, Kylie Gray, and John Taffe.