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Strengths and challenging behaviors in children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome: Two sides to the coin

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder associated with emotional/behavioral disturbances. These difficulties are well documented in the literature, but the positive attributes of these individuals are not described.

Citation:
Downs J, Blackmore AM, Chen W, Nixon GM, Choong CS. Strengths and challenging behaviors in children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome: Two sides to the coin. Am J Med Genet Part A. 2022.

Keywords:
Prader-Willi syndrome; behavior disturbance; strengths-based

Abstract:
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder associated with emotional/behavioral disturbances. These difficulties are well documented in the literature, but the positive attributes of these individuals are not described.