Most Recent Articles from Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

• Acute stress disorder 

  Age—Older adults are less likely to develop ASD, possibly because they have had more experience coping with painful or stressful events. ...

  01/01/03 by Rebecca J. Frey · More from publication

• Biperiden 

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  01/01/03 by Jack Raber · More from publication

• Childhood disintegrative disorder 

  receptive language skills (language understanding) expressive language skills (spoken language) social or self-help skills play with peers...

  01/01/03 by Tish Davidson · More from publication

• Clonidine 

  Clonidine Definition Clonidine belongs to a class of drugs called central alpha-adrenergic agonists. In the United States, clonidine tablets are...

  01/01/03 by Ajna Hamidovic · More from publication

• Community mental health 

  Community mental health Definition Community mental health is a decentralized pattern of mental health, mental health care, or other services for...

  01/01/03 by Michael Polgar · More from publication

• Crisis housing 

  Crisis housing Definition Crisis housing (or crisis residential services) are supervised short-term residential alternatives to hospitalization...

  01/01/03 by Irene S. Levine · More from publication

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