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Behavioral Medicine Approaches to the Prevention of Mental Retardation

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Mental retardation is a devastating handicap. Its cost to society in economic terms is enormous, and the costs to the family in emotional terms are immeasurable. Mental retardation is not rare: Approximately 3% of the general population have IQs below 70 (Milunsky, 1975). Several specific causes for retardation have been identified, and knowledge of these causes provides opportunities for the development of preventive approaches.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

    Jack W. Finney

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska School of Medicine, and Meyer Children’s Rehabilitation Institute, Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, USA

    Patrick C. Friman

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Finney, J.W., Friman, P.C. (1988). Behavioral Medicine Approaches to the Prevention of Mental Retardation. In: Russo, D.C., Kedesdy, J.H. (eds) Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0999-4_13

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