Mentally Disabled Persons - Rehabilitation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning.

30 May 2009 This study examined factors influencing involvement of siblings of individuals with developmental disabilities in future planning and their expectation of future caregiving. The sample consisted of 139 adult siblings recruited from an online sibling ... 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...

Outcomes in different residential settings for people with intellectual disability: a systematic review.

29 Apr 2009 Large-scale reviews of research in deinstitutionalization and community living were last conducted about 10 years ago. Here we surveyed research from 1997 to 2007. Articles were included if the researchers based the study on original research, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mentally Disabled Persons - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Changes in the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in u.s. Nursing facilities between 1988 and 2007. 30 May 2009
• Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning. 30 May 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
• 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
• 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
• Increasing community integration and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities. 10 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
• Assisting people with multiple disabilities to use computers with multiple mice. 2 Dec 2008
• Disagreement in parent and primary care provider reports of mental health counseling. 29 Nov 2008
• Students with multiple disabilities using technology-based programs to choose and access stimulus events alone or with caregiver participation. 16 Nov 2008
• [The effects of psychosocial rehabilitation programs on the levels of self-efficacy for mentally disabled persons] 29 Sep 2008
• People with mental disabilities negotiating life in the risk society: a theoretical approach. 29 Sep 2008
• Use of vocational rehabilitative services among adults with autism. 21 Sep 2008
• Mountaineering expedition by persons with intellectual disability: impact on behavior and temperament. 30 Aug 2008
• Mental illness and human rights. 30 Aug 2008
• [Predictors of employment intention for mentally disabled persons] 30 Jul 2008

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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