purpose of study : the present research was carried out to study the prevalence of mental retardation among the youth and children of savojbolagh region, and to study its probable causes. method: the study comprised two phases. in the first phase, 1229 girls and boys, aged 5 to 18, were selected from among the children and youth of the urban and rural areas of savojbolagh, through cluster sampl...

Most of the autistic disorder patients are also mentally retarded and many mentally retarded persons exhibit autistic symptoms. By using a standard instrument (Ritvo-Freeman Real Life Rating Scale) the autistic features of the mentally retarded children were studied. The study also examined the influence of age, sex and level of mental retardation on the occurrence of autistic symptoms. Childre...

OBJECTIVE To understand the prevalence and rehabilitation status of autism and mental retardation in China. METHODS Screening test and clinical assessment were conducted for the diagnosis of autism and mental retardation. The assessment included investigation of the histories of medical conditions and development of these two disorders, utilization and needs for the rehabilitation service, an...

This study was conducted in the child psychiatry unit of a tertiary psychiatric hospital. 60 patients diagnosed to have mental retardation according to ICD-10 (WHO, 1992) criteria constituted the study sample. A psychiatric disorder was present in 56.17% of the cases, and a medical disease was present in 35.0%. Only 13.3% cases had both a psychiatric as well as medical illness. Patients with a ...

Genetic studies of children with mental retardation Saideh Rajaei Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Institute of Biomedicine The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013 Mental retardation (MR) is characterised by significant limitations in intellectual function and adaptive behaviour. It is estimated that MR affects up to 3% of the population ...