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Mental Retardation - Epidemiology
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Definition of 'Mental Retardation'Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual is mentally retarded. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline mentally retarded range. Scores below 67 are in the retarded range. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) |
Monday, November 23, 2009
[The phenomena of repeated psychiatric hospitalizations among patients with mental retardation]
30 Aug 2009 
Mental retardation is common phenomena in general society. Mentally impaired patients have weaker adaptive mechanisms in comparison with general society and more of ten suffer from psychiatric disorders. The aim of nowadays functioning environmental ... Read more...
[Suicidal behaviors in mentally retarded patients]
30 Aug 2009 Mental retardation is a common phenomena in general population. Mentally retarded patients have basically weaker adjustment abilities to changing conditions of the day life routines. Since the risk of mental disorders is four times higher among ... Read more...
Register data suggest lower intelligence in men born the year after flu pandemic.
30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to the Hong Kong flu, an influenza pandemic that haunted Europe during winter 1969 to 1970, was associated with reduced intelligence in adulthood. METHODS: Data from the Medical Birth Register ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Retardation - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- [The phenomena of repeated psychiatric hospitalizations among patients with mental retardation] 30 Aug 2009
- [Suicidal behaviors in mentally retarded patients] 30 Aug 2009
- Register data suggest lower intelligence in men born the year after flu pandemic. 30 Aug 2009
- Perspectives of intellectual disability in Asia: epidemiology, policy, and services for children and adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Perspectives of intellectual disability in Africa: epidemiology and policy services for children and adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Perspectives of intellectual disability in Latin American countries: epidemiology, policy, and services for children and adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Epidemiology of mental ill health in adults with intellectual disabilities. 30 Aug 2009
- Changes in number and characteristics of people living in state institutions, 1977-2008.
30 Jul 2009 - Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review of the evidence. 30 Jul 2009
- Phenylketonuria in Tunisian institutions for the mentally handicapped. 30 Jul 2009
- Chronic lung disease and developmental delay at 2 years of age in children born before 28 weeks' gestation. 18 Jul 2009
- Ring chromosome 20 syndrome: a link between epilepsy onset and neuropsychological impairment in three children. 30 Jun 2009
- Distal ileal perforation secondary to ingested foreign bodies. 29 Jun 2009
- Risk of fall for individuals with intellectual disability. 29 Jun 2009
- Functional skills of individuals with fragile x syndrome: a lifespan cross-sectional analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Monoamine oxidase a promoter gene associated with problem behavior in adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
- Impact of additional disabilities on adaptive behavior and support profiles for people with intellectual disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
- Thyroid disorders in mental patients. 29 Jun 2009
- Clinical usefulness of the diagnostic manual-intellectual disability for mental disorders in persons with intellectual disability: results from a brief field survey. 31 May 2009
- Organizational and operational capabilities of specialist centres for children with psychomotor disability in Abidjan. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Mental Retardation'
Definition: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual is mentally retarded. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline mentally retarded range. Scores below 67 are in the retarded range. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)
Descriptor UI: D008607
Alternative terms: Mental Retardation; Retardation, Mental; Idiocy; Deficiency, Mental; Deficiencies, Mental; Mental Deficiencies; Mental Deficiency; Mental Retardation, Psychosocial; Mental Retardations, Psychosocial; Psychosocial Mental Retardation; Psychosocial Mental Retardations; Retardation, Psychosocial Mental; Retardations, Psychosocial Mental;
Related Mesh Headings: Abnormalities, Multiple; Cockayne Syndrome; Congenital Hypothyroidism; Cri-du-Chat Syndrome; De Lange Syndrome; Down Syndrome; Education of Mentally Retarded; Fragile X Syndrome; Laurence-Moon Syndrome; Prader-Willi Syndrome; Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome; Rett Syndrome; Angelman Syndrome; Williams Syndrome; Mentally Disabled Persons; Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn; Bardet-Biedl Syndrome;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C10.597.606.643; C23.888.592.604.646; F01.700.687; F03.550.600;
History Note: 1967(1963)
Technical Notes: use Cat C qualif; /rehabil permitted: do not equate with EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED