objectives: the main purpose of this study is to produce an instrument for handwriting evaluation and to execute it on mentally retarded (mr) students. methods: this was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship study. 126 mr students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old (13.23±2.17) from two exceptional children schools in shahr-e-rey participated in this study. a handw...

objective: having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the ‘‘personal well-being index- cognitive disability’’ on mentally retarded ...

ôbjective: having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have been focused over the years. personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. thus, the current study was conducted to estimate psychometric characteristics of “personal well-being index-adult” (pwï-â) in mothers of mentally retarded studen...

toxoplasmosis is a widespread infection in the world. although the infection by toxoplasma gondii is widely prevalent in humans and animals, the disease is uncommon and most of the acquired infections are asymptomatic. the important aspect of this parasitic infection is the probable danger of congenital transmission and its severe effects on the fetus. in the present descriptive study, a total ...

Longer life expectancy is resulting in increasing numbers of elderly adults with mental retardation (MR). The objective of the study was to compare lower limb isokinetic muscle power, locomotor performance and flexibility of aged adult mentally-retarded individuals with and without Down's syndrome (DS). Nine subjects with MR and DS (mean age 61), and sixteen subjects with MR and without DS (mea...

Most epidemiological studies done in different parts of India have shown the prevalence of Mental Retardation (MR) in the general population to vary from 3 to 6 per thousand (Verghese et aL 1973; Nandi et al, 1980). The psychiatrists' attitude towards MR ranges from total indifference to over involvement and the attempt to help the mentally retarded individuals varies from therapeutic nihilism ...

background: special care needs of mentally retarded children can affect the mental health of the mother. the purpose of this study was the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on reducing depression and increasing life expectancy of mothers with mentally retarded children. methods: this study was a two group quasi-experimental plan with pre and post test. the population has fo...