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ERIC Number: EJ585797
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Identifying Depression in Students with Mental Retardation.
Stough, Laura M.; Baker, Lynn
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v31 n4 p62-66 Mar-Apr 1999
Offers guidelines to teachers for identifying depression in students with mental retardation. Discusses prevalence and symptoms of depression, causes of depression, difficulty of diagnosis in students with mental retardation, detecting symptoms in the classroom, treatment of depression, and psychological services. Inserts list ideas for helping students and possible types of therapy. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Intervention, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Student Characteristics, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Therapy
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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