Press ,)q^s *n Mental Retardation. By Gunnar Dybwad. (Columbia University iTxcuiai iveiaiuauuii. uy \juimui 'e?, 1964, $6.) ^?S \T1S book consists of papers selected by the recently retired Executive DJrector the such>onal Association for Retarded Children. They are grouped under headings, to bp r -be famiIy, residential care, the retarded delinquent, and the a u , y P Used 'Pr'nted substantial...

Mental retardation is a general decline in intellectual function that occurs during childhood development and associated with impaired social adaptation. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge parenting styles parents on children mental retardation. research method descriptive cross sectional approach. data collection technique used total sampling 44 respo...

Attention and Distraction There is a substantial literature on attention, the study of which was be­ gun in psychology as the introspective investigation of a mental faculty or power (see Woodworth & Schlosberg, 1954). Thus Titchener sought to measure "attensity," the clearness or vividness of a sensation achiev­ ed by concentrating attention upon it, and from this approach has come the notion ...

Trichobezoar (A hair ball in the stomach), a specimen of which is usually found in pathological museum, occurs almost exclusively in females, and in 80% cases, the patient is mentally retarded, though it can also occur in neurotics and Schizophrenics. Trichobezoar when get blocked usually in the stomach, may give rise to gastroduodenal ulceration leading to haemetemesis, perforation, peritoniti...

We examined the social skills of adults with autism, PDDNOS, and mental retardation. All participants were diagnosed with profound mental retardation. Participants in the autism and PDDNOS groups had been previously diagnosed using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and record review. These diagnoses were confirmed by readministering the CARS by one author and an independent rater. Social...