Research that identifies the determinants of low mammography use among disabled people is scant. This study examines the determining factors related to the low usage of mammography among women with disabilities. To identify the barriers that prevent women with disabilities from participating in mammography screening can help authorities conceive feasibly useful strategies for avoiding worse suf...

The purpose of this paper was to understand the meaning adolescence has for parents of adolescents with mental disability. The methodology used was the narrative analysis according to the guidelines of Thompson (1998) and Byron-Good (1996). Although the parents identified some typical characteristics of adolescence in their children, not always they did in fact consider them adolescents due to ...

brothers and fathers between the two groups was to the advantage of the patients with 47,XXY and not to the patients of 46,XY. Finally, it should be mentioned that to secure an unbiased attitude on the part of the examiner the psychological investigation was carried out blindly, the psychologist possessing knowledge of neither anaznnestic data, psychiatric evaluation, or results of physical and...

The aim of the study was to evaluate oral health conditions and dental caries status in disabled and healthy children. Two groups of randomly selected children 3-17 years old were examined. The first group comprised 80 children with disabilities (cerebral palsy, mental retardation, Down syndrome, autism and hearing-speaking disorders) and the second (control) group included 80 healthy children....

iV whom the duties of Statutory Supervision under the Mental ^enciency Acts were being carried on for the London County Council, and this work gave her an intimate knowledge of the needs of mentally handicapped children and the value of Occupation Centres. In 1932 she came to the Central Association for Mental Welfare to fill the post of Case Secretary. Later she became Education Secretary when...

objectives: any form of disability is considered a critical factor having significant effects on a family. stress is the main result of such effects on parents. according to the classical procedure, the mothers play a major role as child caregiver, so they experience more stress than other members of the family. the goal of this study was to develop and assess the role of the de-stress training...

Child and adolescent neuropsychiatry services' development is described from early deinstitutionalization, through to rehabilitation, intervention and social inclusion of children with disability. The issues that have changed the services in order to meet the growing mental health problem, and the protection of mental well-being trough developmental years, are then dealt with in detail. Finally...

Objectives: Any form of disability is considered a critical factor having significant effects on a family. Stress is the main result of such effects on parents. According to the classical procedure, the mothers play a major role as child caregiver, so they experience more stress than other members of the family. The goal of this study was to develop and assess the role of the de-stress training...

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s Committee on the Developmentally Disabled, founded in 1990, has continually grappled with the inequities faced by persons with mental retardation within the criminal justice system. Not the least of our concerns has been capital sentencing and execution of disabled defendants. Indeed, the Committee cut its teeth on the 1989 Supreme Court decision...