The Nursing of Mental Defectives

Mental Deficiency Nursing

Mental Deficiency Nurse. Because they have tried to satisfy so many, they have achieved very little in the way of a suitable book of instruction. The nursing of mental defectives must have a more prominent place in any book of this kind for it to be successful. The authors have mistakenly emphasised the preparation of trays and trolleys in preference to the work the nurses have elected to do. T...

بررسی بیماریهای پوستی در عقب ماندگان ذهنی مرکز شهید فیاض بخش همدان

Mental deficiency is not a disease in its own right but a condition resulting from a variety of causes, some inborn and others acquired. The skin abnormalities of mental defectives fall into three broad groups: 1. Cutaneous lesions specifically associated with syndromes of genetic or developmental origin. 2. Non-specific cutaneous lesions showing an increased prevalence in mental defectives. ...

The Work of Local Voluntary Associations and Possible Future Developments

almost directly after the Mental Deficiency Act came into force in 1914. One of their main objects was the co-ordination of all public and voluntary work undertaken for defectives in their own homes, throughout the area, covered by a Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, i.e., a County or County Borough. The Constitution of these Associations varies according to Local conditions but ...

Observations on the Training of Idiots and Low-Grade Imbeciles

or almost impossible to find vacancies in Certified Institutions for low grade or troublesome defectives. Mental Hospitals and Public Assistance Institutions are unwillingly obliged to receive these cases. Local Authorities are well aware of the harm and hardships which ensue from the retention of this type of patient in Public Assistance Institutions. The Board of Control require that Mental D...

Music in the Training of Mental Defectives