Mentally Disabled Persons - Psychology
Research News and Information

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Transitions from school for young adults with intellectual disability: Parental perspectives on "life as an adjustment".

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated transition programs and outcomes for young adults with disabilities as viewed from the parent perspective. The current Australian study provided a voice for parents to report on the experiences of and ... Read more...

Feeling recovered and thinking about the good sides of one's work.

29 Jun 2009 Consistent with a positive psychology perspective, this longitudinal study investigated relations between positive and negative nonwork experiences (i.e., feeling recovered, thinking about the positive and negative aspects of one's work during ... Read more...

Parents' perceptions of postschool years for young adults with developmental disabilities.

30 May 2009 This qualitative study investigated parents' perceptions of the various roles they played in their adult children's lives during the post-high school years. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with 9 families of young adults with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mentally Disabled Persons - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Transitions from school for young adults with intellectual disability: Parental perspectives on "life as an adjustment". 30 Aug 2009
• Feeling recovered and thinking about the good sides of one's work. 29 Jun 2009
• Parents' perceptions of postschool years for young adults with developmental disabilities. 30 May 2009
• Outcomes in different residential settings for people with intellectual disability: a systematic review. 29 Apr 2009
• Self-determination skills and opportunities of adolescents with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. 29 Apr 2009
• Utility of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. 29 Apr 2009
• Depression in adults with mild intellectual disability: role of stress, attributions, and coping. 29 Apr 2009
• Love and emotional well-being in people with intellectual disabilities. 29 Apr 2009
• Risperidone for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disabilities. 13 Apr 2009
• Satisfaction and sense of well being among Medicaid ICF/MR and HCBS recipients in six states. 30 Mar 2009
• Creating the future: beyond our inheritance of the past. 30 Mar 2009
• Dental students' attitudes toward the care of individuals with intellectual disabilities: relationship between instruction and experience. 30 Mar 2009
• Epilepsy in children with intellectual disability in Bosnia and Herzegovina: effects of sex, level and etiology of intellectual disability. 29 Mar 2009
• Stressful social interactions experienced by adults with mild intellectual disability. 27 Feb 2009
• Comparison of a video-based assessment and a multiple stimulus assessment to identify preferred jobs for individuals with significant intellectual disabilities. 21 Feb 2009
• Substance abuse, coping strategies, adaptive skills and behavioral and emotional problems in clients with mild to borderline intellectual disability admitted to a treatment facility: a pilot study. 11 Feb 2009
• Analysis of staff reports on the frequency of challenging behaviour in people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. 3 Feb 2009
• A learning assessment procedure to re-evaluate three persons with a diagnosis of post-coma vegetative state and pervasive motor impairment. 30 Jan 2009
• Creating change: using the arts to help stop the stigma of mental illness and foster social integration. 26 Jan 2009
• Amfetamine for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disabilities. 19 Jan 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Mentally Disabled Persons'

Definition: Persons diagnosed as having significantly lower than average intelligence and considerable problems in adapting to everyday life or lacking independence in regard to activities of daily living.

Descriptor UI: D019989

Alternative terms: Mentally Disabled Persons; Mentally Disabled Person; Person, Mentally Disabled; Persons, Mentally Disabled; Mentally Handicapped; Mentally Retarded; Mentally Disabled; Disabled, Mentally;

Related Mesh Headings: Mental Retardation;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; rehabilitation;

Tree Number: M01.150.600;

History Note: 98