Mental Retardation - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 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...

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 'Mental Retardation - Psychology'

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
• 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
• Grief and bereavement in people with intellectual disabilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Persistent challenging behaviour in people with an intellectual disability. 30 Aug 2009
• Older and younger family caregivers of adults with intellectual disability: factors associated with future plans. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: a critical review of the evidence. 30 Jul 2009
• How the all fruits salad creates sweeter futures in rural and remote mental health. 30 Jul 2009
• Conceptualizing autism: the role for emergence. 29 Jun 2009
• Functional skills of individuals with fragile x syndrome: a lifespan cross-sectional analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Impact of additional disabilities on adaptive behavior and support profiles for people with intellectual disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
• Learning disabilities: able to love. 29 Jun 2009
• The reported experience of four women with intellectual disabilities receiving emergency psychiatric services in Canada: a qualitative study. 30 May 2009
• Mental health in Tamil cinema. 30 May 2009
• Community management of intellectual disabilities in Pakistan: a mixed methods study. 30 May 2009
• Characteristics and needs of people with intellectual disability who have higher IQs. 30 May 2009
• The treatment of challenging behaviour in intellectual disabilities: cost-effectiveness analysis. 19 May 2009
• Evaluation of the ADOS revised algorithm: the applicability in 558 Dutch children and adolescents. 17 May 2009
• Performance on the Modified Card Sorting Test and its relation to psychopathology in adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. 10 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