Prevalence of underweight and obesity were investigated in 282 mentally retarded persons living on the West Coast of Norway. Data collected in this survey suggest that people with severe mental retardation were more likely to be underweight and people with mild mental retardation were more likely to be obese. Compared to persons of average intellectual levels, persons with mental retardation we...

A de novo supernumerary marker chromosome (SMC) was identified in a 13-month-old girl who presented with microcephaly and mild mental retardation. On further characterization by oligo-nucleotide array-comparative genomic hybridization [array-CGH], the SMC was confirmed to be 18p.

the typical characterization of individuals with mild mental retardation, by seldom being able to live independently. As evidenced by the example of Williams syndrome, summary test scores often do not represent well the level of ability within individual domains. Thus it is crucial to take into account etiology when planning either basic research or intervention. At the same time, it is importa...

There is a major problem in the broad range of efforts to design interventions for promoting cognitive and social development in children with various kinds of disabilities such as mild mental retardation to ADHD, cerebral, and traumatic brain injury. The predicament is that intervention procedures specifically targeted at the presumed deficits, while producing changes in the target behavior, f...

Reading therapy has been shown to be effective in treating reading disabilities (RD) in dyslexic children, but little is known of its use in subjects with mild mental retardation (MR). Twenty adult volunteers, with both RD and mild MR, underwent 60 consecutive weeks in a cognitive remediation program, and were compared with 32 untreated control subjects. The experimental group showed a signific...

The effectiveness of a video feedback and self-management package was assessed with various inappropriate behaviors exhibited by six youth with mild mental retardation. The procedure consisted of (a) videotaping participants' inappropriate behavior, (b) having them self-monitor and record their behavior, (c) prompting them to evaluate their behavior against a criterion, and (d) allowing to rein...

zimmermann-laband syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by extensive gingival enlargement and abnormalities of the head, face, hands, feet, nose, and ears. hypoplastic or absent nails, mild hair loss, and mental retardation are seen in some cases. the present paper describes a patient, aged six and half years, with typical features of zimmermann-laband syndrome.

Objectives: The aim of the present article is to describe the clinical features and genetic conditions of the clinical syndromes/association characterized by facial dysmorphism, mental retardation, and aortic dilation, and compare with those of the syndromes with facial dysmorphism, mental retardation, and aortic stenosis. Methods: International literature of the syndromes characterized by faci...