Book Review: Prevention of Mental Retardation

Mental Health Book Review Index

Mental Retardation: A Review of Research

ECT in mental retardation: a review.

The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with mental retardation and a psychiatric disorder seems to be infrequent, and controlled studies are not available. We reviewed the literature on the use of ECT in mental retardation, using Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. References were checked and ECT experts consulted. The reported case studies were examined on patients' char...

[Prevention of mental retardation: knowledge and perception by health professionals].

This article aimed to evaluate the prevention of mental disability in primary healthcare services in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The sample consisted of 90 male and female physicians from different fields, namely gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, general practice, and family health, as well as 66 male and female nurses. A multiple-choice questionnaire was filled out by the subjects themselves...

A survey of patients with mental retardation of unknown origin

Introduction: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most prevalent genetic causes of developmental disability, representing the most frequent form of inherited severe cognitive deficit. The present study was undertaken to investigate FXS and its prevalence in moderate mentally retarded people in patients. Materials and methods: Nineteen people with moderate mental retardation (MR) who wer...