" Psychiatric Assessment of Mentally Handicapped Children and Their Families "
Samia Samy Aziz;
Abstract
Mental handicap or subnormality means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes subnormality of intelligence and is of varying degree, from educable to trainable to an individual incapable ofliving an independent life.
With the growth of community care for people with mental handicaps, it is increasingly important for professionals to recognize emotional disorders in this population and to implement appropriate
clinical management.
The Isle of Wight study indicated that intellectually retarded children had psychiatric disorders 3 to 4 times more frequently than
children in the general population.
The high prevalence of psychiatric problems in individuals of very low intelligence is probably due chiefly to the brain damage which is usually present in these cases.
Social factors such as depriving, hostile and rejecting parental attitudes may adversely affect both intellectual development and emotional stability. Instability has been found to be commoner in the families of retarded children than in other families. Retarded children may also be subject to rejecting attitudes on the part of other children
which may adversely affect tl1eir development and mental health. Also
With the growth of community care for people with mental handicaps, it is increasingly important for professionals to recognize emotional disorders in this population and to implement appropriate
clinical management.
The Isle of Wight study indicated that intellectually retarded children had psychiatric disorders 3 to 4 times more frequently than
children in the general population.
The high prevalence of psychiatric problems in individuals of very low intelligence is probably due chiefly to the brain damage which is usually present in these cases.
Social factors such as depriving, hostile and rejecting parental attitudes may adversely affect both intellectual development and emotional stability. Instability has been found to be commoner in the families of retarded children than in other families. Retarded children may also be subject to rejecting attitudes on the part of other children
which may adversely affect tl1eir development and mental health. Also
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| Title | " Psychiatric Assessment of Mentally Handicapped Children and Their Families " | Other Titles | " تقييم الإضطرابات النفسية لدى المعوقين عقليا ً وعائلاتهم " | Authors | Samia Samy Aziz | Issue Date | 1995 |
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