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Peer reviewedCoulter, David L. – Mental Retardation, 1996
This paper considers changing concepts of what mental retardation is, its causes, and prevention in the context of the 1992 definition of the American Association on Mental Retardation. A format to improve the designation of etiology and to relate etiology to prevention and support is offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Etiology, Intervention, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedVan Osdol, Bob M.; Carlson, Larry – Mental Retardation, 1972
The paper reviews essential factors of medical, psychological, and educational diagnosis and management of hyperactivity. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Etiology, Hyperactivity, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedHoffman, Edward – Mental Retardation, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Etiology, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBrandwein, Harold – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence
Peer reviewedThrone, John M. – Mental Retardation, 1972
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education, Genetics
Peer reviewedCleland, C. C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1971
Descriptors: Death, Diseases, Etiology, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedDay, Robert W. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92nd, Boston, 1968).
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Infants
Peer reviewedSternlicht, Manny; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1975
Compared were the birth order, maternal age, and etiology of retardation in 309 institutionalized retarded persons (4-69 years old) and 69 retarded persons (3-62 years old) attending a private community center. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedPolloway, Edward A.; Payne, James S. – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior, Classification, Definitions
Peer reviewedKelsey, Frances O. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92nd, Boston, 1968).
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Congenital Impairments, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedAlbin, Jack B. – Mental Retardation, 1977
A review of current treatment studies of pica or scavenging behavior in the mentally retarded is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Eating Habits, Etiology
Peer reviewedBishop, Andrew C. – Mental Retardation, 1992
A six-point program of diagnostic inquiry and treatment strategy for individuals with behavior disorders in addition to severe or profound mental retardation is presented, which allows alternate etiological hypotheses to be tested in a clinical setting. This format is intended to unify psychopharmacy practice in mental retardation and in general…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Etiology
Peer reviewedStevenson, Roger E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1996
This analysis of 2,106 cases of severe mental retardation found that only 20% of these cases could have been prevented (41% of the cases with genetic etiology and 46% of the cases with environmental causes), assuming full utilization of currently available medical and/or educational knowledge and interventions. (DB)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Etiology, Genetics, Incidence
Peer reviewedSpreat, Scott; Baker-Potts, Joan C. – Mental Retardation, 1983
Patterns of injury for institutional residents of differing levels of mental retardation were investigated with 140 mildly, moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded individuals. Moderately and profoundly mentally retarded persons were found to be much more at risk for personal injury than were mildly or severely mentally retarded individuals.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Etiology, Injuries, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedAbroms, Kippy I.; Bennett, J. W. – Mental Retardation, 1980
A survey of 39 recent college textbooks in mental retardation, special education, and abnormal psychology indicates that dated and oversimplified models of the etiology of Down's syndrome are being presented.
Descriptors: Demography, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Etiology
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