Towards optimal mental health of persons with Down syndrome.
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This paper outlines the risk of mental health disorders in adults with Down syndrome and considers the practical ways in which positive well-being can be promoted. It emphasises that prevention begins at birth and parents need to be alerted to positive child-rearing strategies from infancy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Down's syndrome, research and practice : the journal of the Sarah Duffen Centre
دوره 5 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998