Mentally Disabled Persons
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Testing for HIV-1 infection in a public developmental center.

30 Aug 2009 The discovery of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection in an individual who recently moved from a developmental center prompted the center to offer HIV testing to current and former residents. The guardians of 199 (93 percent) of the ... Read more...

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...

Adequate fluid intake, urinary incontinence, and physical and/or intellectual disability.

18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence in physically and/or intellectually disabled children is a common problem. Literature on therapy is sparse. In these patients we prospectively studied the effect of urotherapy, particularly adequate fluid intake. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mentally Disabled Persons'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Testing for HIV-1 infection in a public developmental center. 30 Aug 2009
• Transitions from school for young adults with intellectual disability: Parental perspectives on "life as an adjustment". 30 Aug 2009
• Adequate fluid intake, urinary incontinence, and physical and/or intellectual disability. 18 Aug 2009
• Improving toothbrushing behaviour in an institution for the disabled in Lisbon, Portugal. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of an oral health promotion program in people with mental illness. 13 Jul 2009
• Facilitating family occupations: family member perceptions of a specialized environment for children with mental retardation. 29 Jun 2009
• Validity of the Loewenstein occupational therapy cognitive assessment in people with intellectual disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
• Feeling recovered and thinking about the good sides of one's work. 29 Jun 2009
• Dentists called upon to aid special population. 30 May 2009
• Research involving adults who lack capacity: how have research ethics committees interpreted the requirements? 30 May 2009
• To protect or to publish: confidentiality and the fate of the mentally ill victims of Nazi euthanasia. 30 May 2009
• Children with intellectual disabilities and pain perception: a review and suggestions for future assessment protocols. 30 May 2009
• Changes in the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in u.s. Nursing facilities between 1988 and 2007. 30 May 2009
• The right to nutrition and hydration: a need for vigilance. 30 May 2009
• Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning. 30 May 2009
• Tobacco use among individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities: a brief review. 30 May 2009
• Parents' perceptions of postschool years for young adults with developmental disabilities. 30 May 2009
• Nutrition and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities: systematic literature review results. 30 May 2009
• Lithium effect on renal glomerular function in individuals with intellectual disability. 30 May 2009
• Samuel Alderman Lomas (1838-1901) the man with two gravestones, his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas (1840-1907) and their lives in Victorian asylums. 29 Apr 2009

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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