Developmental Disabilities - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy.

30 Aug 2009 We describe the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a 39-year-old woman with a complex clinical picture including bipolar disorder with catatonic features superimposed on a history of multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual ... Read more...

Reproduction and offspring status 18 years after teenage-onset anorexia nervosa--a controlled community-based study.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To study reproduction in a representative group of anorexia nervosa (AN) cases. METHOD: Fifty-one adolescent-onset AN cases (48 women; three men), originally recruited after community screening, and 51 matched comparison cases (COMP) were ... Read more...

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of individual intervention in the controlled multisensory environment (Snoezelen) for individuals with intellectual disability.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The Snoezelen is a multisensory intervention approach that has been implemented with various populations. Due to an almost complete absence of rigorous research in this field, the confirmation of this approach as an effective therapeutic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Developmental Disabilities - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Reproduction and offspring status 18 years after teenage-onset anorexia nervosa--a controlled community-based study. 30 Aug 2009
• Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of individual intervention in the controlled multisensory environment (Snoezelen) for individuals with intellectual disability. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental health and related issues for people with intellectual disability. 30 Aug 2009
• Overlap with the autism spectrum in young children with Williams syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Applying conversation analysis to interactions with atypically developing children. 30 Jul 2009
• Global developmental delay and its relationship to cognitive skills. 30 Jul 2009
• Functional skills of individuals with fragile x syndrome: a lifespan cross-sectional analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• The Down syndrome advantage: fact or fiction? 29 Jun 2009
• Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay. 29 Jun 2009
• Global developmental delay and its relationship to cognitive skills. 20 Jun 2009
• Menstrual suppression for adolescents with developmental disabilities. 30 May 2009
• Cyberbullying among students with intellectual and developmental disability in special education settings. 30 May 2009
• Stereotypies and repetitive/restrictive behaviours in infants with autism and pervasive developmental disorder. 30 May 2009
• Family and child with central nervous system lesion. 30 May 2009
• Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure, breastfeeding and neurodevelopment during the first 5 years. 30 May 2009
• Effects of child characteristics on the outcomes of a parent support program. 30 May 2009
• Developmentally disabled teens. 30 May 2009
• Teaching sound letter correspondence and consonant-vowel-consonant combinations to young children who use augmentative and alternative communication. 30 May 2009
• The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-toddler module: a new module of a standardized diagnostic measure for autism spectrum disorders. 3 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Developmental Disabilities'

Definition: Disorders in which there is a delay in development based on that expected for a given age level or stage of development. These impairments or disabilities originate before age 18, may be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a substantial impairment. Biological and nonbiological factors are involved in these disorders. (From American Psychiatric Glossary, 6th ed)

Descriptor UI: D002658

Alternative terms: Developmental Disabilities; Disabilities, Developmental; Developmental Disability; Disability, Developmental; Development Disorders, Child; Child Development Disorder; Development Disorder, Child; Child Development Disorders; Child Development Disorders, Specific; Developmental Delay Disorders; Developmental Delay Disorder; Child Development Deviations; Child Development Deviation; Development Deviation, Child; Development Deviations, Child; Deviation, Child Development;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.550.362;

History Note: 96; was CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS 1981-95; was CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEVIATIONS 1968-80

Technical Notes: check also tag CHILD or specific