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Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions in Mental Retardation

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“Mental retardation refers to subnormal general intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of either learning in social adjustment or maturation or both” (DSM II, 1968). The diagnosis of mental retardation depends partly on impaired intellectual ability but it should also involve a clinical judgment of the patient’s adaptive behavioral capacity, motor skills, and social and emotional maturity.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    G. Pirooz Sholevar M.D. (Clinical Professor and Director) (Clinical Professor and Director)

  2. Youth and Outpatient Services Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, University Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Ronald M. Benson M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor and Director) (Clinical Associate Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Psychiatry Human Behavior School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

    Barton J. Blinder M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor) (Clinical Associate Professor)

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Donaldson, J.Y., Menolascino, F.J. (1980). Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions in Mental Retardation. In: Sholevar, G.P., Benson, R.M., Blinder, B.J. (eds) Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6684-3_30

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