Three Mentally Retarded Girls of Similar Appearance

The Mentally Retarded

The crucial factor involved in habilitating the mentally retarded, or other individuals, for produc­ tive employment is not, as is often erroneously as­ sumed, the decision concerning the vocation that the client may succeed in, but the position that is taken concerning this unique person. In this re­ gard, an analysis of the habilitation process indicates that at each decision-making point a p...

The Mentally Retarded Patient

J. B. Lippincott Co. London: Pitman Medical Publishing (Jo. Pp. 203. 32s. The number of useful texts on mental deficiency is small, especially those by psychologists, so that a new volume written by the chief clinical psychologist of the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, is opened with interest. The author, Harold Michal-Smith, draws a clear picture of the inadequacy of the social se...

The Mentally Retarded Child

, This is a review of various Russian investigations concerning the clinical afl pathopsychological characteristics of the brain-damaged child. The Russians do A0 accept as mentally retarded those unsuccessful children who are generally found 1,1 schools for the educationally subnormal. Most of these are either "pedagogical'5 neglected" or have "partial or peripheral difficulties", e.g. defecti...

Mentally Retarded Criminal Defendants

The Prevalence of Hypothyroidism Mentally Retarded Patients

ABSTRACT The prevalence of hypothyroidism & mental developmental disturbances has been shown to be increased in iodine deficient arease. To Clarify the extent of this relation in Iran, we elected to survey 346 mentally retarded patients of Gillan Institudes. Aster filling a check list for every patient, physical examination was done & blood sample was kept for thyroid function (T3, T4, TSH Ib...