CENTRAL, part of the Cochrane Library Searched 2007, Issue 1

The terms below were used to search CENTRAL #1 MeSH descriptor MENTAL RETARDATION #2 MeSH descriptor LEARNING DISORDERS #3 MeSH descriptor MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS #4 (mental* in All Text near/6 retard* in All Text) #5 (mental* in All Text near/6 disabl* in All Text) #6 (intellect* in All Text near/6 disabl* in All Text) #7 (learning in All Text near/6 disabl* in All Text) #8 (mental* in All Text near/6 handicap* in All Text) #9 (mental* in All Text near/6 deficien* in All Text) #10 (intellect* in All Text near/6 impair* in All Text) #11 (learn* in All Text near/6 disorder* in All Text) #12 (learning in All Text near/6 difficult* in All Text) #13 ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (#1 or #2) or #3) or #4) or #5) or #6) or #7) or # 8) or #9) or #10) or #11) or #12) #14 MeSH descriptor BEHAVIOR #15 behavior* in All Text #16 behaviour* in All Text #17 MeSH descriptor IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS #18 MeSH descriptor VIOLENCE #19 MeSH descriptor CONDUCT DISORDER #20 (attention in All Text near/6 deficit* in All Text) #21 conduct in All Text #22 (disruptive in All Text near/6 disorder* in All Text) #23 MeSH descriptor CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS #24 (anger in All Text or angry in All Text) #25 hyperactiv* in All Text #26 violen* in All Text #27 aggressi* in All Text #28 (challenging in All Text near/6 behaviour* in All Text) #29 (challenging in All Text near/6 behavior* in All Text) #30 (behavior* in All Text near/6 disorder* in All Text) #31 (behaviour* in All Text near/6 disorder* in All Text) #32 (#14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 or #21 or #22 or #23 or #24 or #25 or #26 or #27 or #28 or #29 or #30 or #31) #33 MeSH descriptor BEHAVIOR THERAPY #34 (behavior* in All Text near/6 therap* in All Text) #35 (behaviour* in All Text near/6 therap* in All Text) #36 (cognitive in All Text near/6 therap* in All Text) #37 cognitive next behavior* next therap* in All Text #38 cognitive next behaviour* next therap* in All Text #39 (behavior in All Text near/6 modif* in All Text) #40 (behaviour in All Text near/6 modif* in All Text) #41 functional next behaviour* next analys* in All Text #42 functional next behavior* next analys* in All Text #43 (functional in All Text near/6 analys* in All Text) #44 (anger in All Text near/6 manage* in All Text) #45 (anger in All Text near/6 coping in All Text) #46 (anger in All Text near/6 control* in All Text) #47 (#33 or #34 or #35 or #36 or #37 or #38 or #39 or #40 or #41 or #42 or #43 or #44 or #45 or #46) #48 (#13 and #32 and #47)

MEDLINE (Ovid) Searched 1966 to February 2007

1 Mental retardation/ 2 Learning disorders/ 3 Mentally disabled persons/ 4 (intellect$ adj5 disabl$).tw. 5 (mental$ adj5 retard$).tw. 6 (mental$ adj5 disabl$).tw. 7 (learning adj5 disabl$).tw. 8 (mental$ adj5 handicap$).tw. 9 (intellect$ adj5 impair$).tw. 10 (learn$ adj5 disorder$).tw. 11 (learning adj5 difficult$).tw. 12 (mental$ adj5 deficien$).tw. 13 or/1‐12 14 Behavior/ 15 behavior.tw. 16 behaviour.tw. 17 (challenging adj5 (behavior$ or behaviour$)).tw. 18 Impulse control disorders/ 19 Violence/ 20 Conduct disorder/ 21 (attention adj5 deficit$).tw. 22 conduct.tw. 23 (disruptive adj5 disorder$).tw. 24 ((behavior$ or behaviour$) adj5 disorder$).tw. 25 Child behavior disorders/ 26 Anger/ 27 (anger or angry).tw. 28 hyperactiv$.tw. 29 violen$.tw. 30 Aggression/ 31 aggressi$.tw. 32 or/14‐31 33 Behavior therapy/ or Cognitive therapy/ 34 ((behavior or behaviour) adj5 therap$).tw. 35 (cognitive adj5 therap$).tw. 36 cognitive behavior therap$.tw. 37 cognitive behaviour therap$.tw. 38 ((behavior or behaviour) adj5 modif$).tw. 39 functional behavior analys$.tw. 40 functional behaviour analys$.tw. 41 (functional adj5 analys$).tw. 42 (anger adj5 manage$).tw. 43 (anger adj5 coping).tw. 44 or/33‐43 45 randomized controlled trial.pt. 46 controlled clinical trial.pt. 47 randomized controlled trials.sh. 48 random allocation.sh. 49 double blind method.sh. 50 single blind method.sh. 51 or/45‐50 52 (animals not humans).sh. 53 51 not 52 54 clinical trial.pt. 55 exp Clinical Trials/ 56 (clin$ adj25 trial$).ti,ab. 57 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab. 58 placebos.sh. 59 placebo$.ti,ab. 60 random$.ti,ab. 61 research design.sh. 62 or/54‐61 63 62 not 52 64 63 not 53 65 comparative study.sh. 66 exp Evaluation Studies/ 67 follow up studies.sh. 68 prospective studies.sh. 69 (control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).ti,ab. 70 or/65‐69 71 70 not 52 72 71 not (53 or 64) 73 53 or 64 or 72 74 13 and 32 and 44 and 73 75 from 74 keep 1‐332 76 (anger adj5 control$).tw. 77 44 or 76 78 13 and 32 and 77 and 73

Embase (Ovid) Searched 1980 to 2007 week 9

1 clin$.tw. 2 trial$.tw. 3 (clin$ adj3 trial$).tw. 4 singl$.tw. 5 doubl$.tw. 6 trebl$.tw. 7 tripl$.tw. 8 blind$.tw. 9 mask$.tw. 10 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj3 (blind$ or mask$)).tw. 11 randomi$.tw. 12 random$.tw. 13 allocat$.tw. 14 assign$.tw. 15 (random$ adj3 (allocat$ or assign$)).tw. 16 crossover.tw. 17 16 or 15 or 11 or 10 or 3 18 exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ 19 exp Double Blind Procedure/ 20 exp Crossover Procedure/ 21 exp Single Blind Procedure/ 22 exp RANDOMIZATION/ 23 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 17 24 Mental Deficiency/ 25 Learning Disorder/ 26 Mental Patient/ 27 (mental$ adj5 retard$).tw. 28 (mental$ adj5 disabl$).tw. 29 (intellect$ adj5 disabl$).tw. 30 (learning adj5 disabl$).tw. 31 (mental$ adj5 handicap$).tw. 32 (mental$ adj5 deficien$).tw. 33 (Intellect$ adj5 impair$).tw. 34 (learn$ adj5 disorder$).tw. 35 (learning adj5 difficult$).tw. 36 or/24‐35 37 BEHAVIOR/ 38 behavior$.tw. 39 behaviour$.tw. 40 (challenging adj5 (behavior$ or behaviour$)).tw. 41 Impulse Control Disorder/ 42 VIOLENCE/ 43 Conduct Disorder/ 44 (attention adj5 deficit$).tw. 45 conduct.tw. 46 (disruptive adj5 disorder$).tw. 47 ((behavior or behaviour) adj5 disorder$).tw. 48 Behavior Disorder/ 49 (anger or angry).tw. 50 hyperactiv$.tw. 51 violen$.tw. 52 aggressi$.tw. 53 or/37‐52 54 Behavior Therapy/ 55 ((behavior or behaviour) adj5 therap$).tw. 56 (cognitive adj5 therap$).tw. 57 cognitive behaviour therap$.tw. 58 cognitive behavior therap$.tw. 59 ((behavior or behaviour) adj5 modif$).tw. 60 functional behavior analys$.tw. 61 functional behaviour analys$.tw. 62 (functional adj5 analys$).tw. 63 (anger adj5 manage$).tw. 64 (anger adj5 coping).tw. 65 (anger adj5 control$).tw. 66 or/54‐65 67 23 and 36 and 53 and 66

PsycINFO (SilverPlatter) Searched 1872 to 2007 February week 2

((mentally adj disabled adj person*) or (explode "Learning‐Disorders" in MJ,MN) or (explode "Mental‐Retardation" in MJ,MN) or (learn near difficult*) or (mental* near deficien*) or (learn* near disorder*) or (mental* near handicap*) or (intellect* near impair*) or (learning near disabl*) or (intellect* near disabl*) or (mental* near disabl*) or (mental* near retard*)) and (((aggressi*) or (violen*) or (hyperactiv*) or (anger or angry) or ( anger near manage* )or( anger near control* )or( anger near coping ) or "Anger‐Control" in MJ,MN or (child behavio?r disorder*) or (disruptive near disorder*) or ("Conduct‐Disorder" in MJ,MN) or (conduct) or ("Violence‐" in MJ,MN) or (attention near deficit*) or (explode "Impulse‐Control‐Disorders" in MJ,MN) or (behaviour) or (behavior) or ("Behavior‐" in MJ,MN)) and ((cognitive near therap*) or ("Behavior‐Therapy" in MJ,MN) or (behavio?r near therap*) or ("Cognitive‐Behavior‐Therapy" in MJ,MN) or ((functional near analys*)) or ((functional behavio?r analys*)) or ((behavio?r near modif*)) or ((cognitive behavio?r therap*))) and (( ((control* or clinic* or prospectiv*) near5 (trial* or study or studies)) in AB )or( ((control* or clinic* or prospectiv*) near5 (trial* or study or studies)) in TI )) or (( (random*) in AB )or ( (random*) in TI )) or (( (random* near (trial* or study or studies)) in AB )or( (random* near (trial* or study or studies)) in TI )) or (( (random* near (allocat* or assign* or divid*)) in AB) or( (random* near (allocat* or assign* or divid*)) in TI )) or (( (compar* near5 (trial* or study or studies)) in AB )and( compar* near5 (trial* or study or studies) )) or (placebo*) or (( (cross?over) in AB )and( (cross?over) in TI )) or (( ((singl* or doubl*) near (blind* or mask*)) in AB )and( ((singl* or doubl*) near (blind* or mask*)) in TI )) or (( ((allocat* or assign* or divid*) near5 (condition* or experiment* or treatment* or control* or group*)) in AB )and( ((allocat* or assign* or divid*) near5 (condition* or experiment* or treatment* or control* or group*)) in TI ))