Cognitive Profiles in Intellectual Disability

Cognitive variables and depressed mood in adults with intellectual disability.

BACKGROUND Cognitive theory forms the foundation for cognitive therapy. There has been little research on cognitive theories and cognitive variables associated with depression in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The current study examined cognitive variables of automatic thoughts, cognitive triad, hopelessness, attributions and self-esteem associated with two cognitive theories of...

The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy on Self Esteem of Children With Intellectual Disability

Objectives: The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) on the self-esteem of children with intellectual disability. Methods: Pre-test and post-test, control group, quasi-intervention design was adopted for the study. The study sample consisted of 40 children conveniently selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria from among educable ...

Intellectual disability (mental retardation).

Aneuploidy and Intellectual Disability

Aneuploidy is the presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in cells. The gain or loss of a chromosome in germ cells is the most common cause of chromosomal aneuploidy. Trisomy 21, trisomy 18, and trisomy 13 are characterized by congenital anomalies with intellectual disability (ID) or short lives. Recently, mosaic variegated aneuploidy (the presence of a different number of chromosomes in ...

Chapter 5: Intellectual disability

Pragmatic language skills are often impacted in individuals with intellectual disability, a developmental condition defined by deficits in intellectual and adaptive skills. In this chapter, we review the literature on pragmatic language in three genetically-based causes of intellectual disability – Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, and Williams syndrome. We focus on groupcomparison studies of ...