Elicited Verbal and Nonverbal Imitation in Down's Syndrome and Other Mentally Retarded Children: a Replication and Extension of Berry

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Rondal ◽  
J.L. Lambert ◽  
C. Sohier
Keyword(s):  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children

Psychiatric Disorders in Mildly and Severely Mentally Retarded Urban Children and Adolescents: Epidemiological Aspects

1986 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Gillberg ◽  
Eva Persson ◽  
Marianne Grufman ◽  
Ulla Themnér
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Psychiatric Condition ◽  
Child Population ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children

A total of 149 children aged 13–17 years were examined. 83 were mildly and 66 severely mentally retarded. These children, especially the severely retarded ones, are representative of all mentally retarded children born in 1966–1970 and living in Göteborg, Sweden. 64% of the severely mentally retarded and 57% of the mildly mentally retarded children were suffering from a handicapping psychiatric condition. Autism-like ‘psychotic behaviour’ was common in the severely retarded. 0.2% of the total child population aged 13–17 years suffering from the combination of mental retardation and ‘psychotic behaviour’. Epilepsy was associated with psychiatric abnormality, but Down's syndrome was generally not so associated.

Developmental Transformational Capacity of Children with Down's Syndrome

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenda L. Gordan ◽  
John M. Panagos
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Sentence Repetition ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
Reduced Rate ◽  
Repetition Task

This study examined the generative-transformational capacities of two groups of children with Down's Syndrome with mean mental ages of 3,6 yr. and 4,6 yr. respectively. A sentence repetition task was used to assess their knowledge of selected transformational sentence types (simple-active-affirmative-declarative, question, negative, passive and negative-passive). There were significant effects of groups and sentence types but a nonsignificant interaction of groups × sentence types. These results were taken as support for Lenneberg's “slow motion” hypothesis of language development in mentally retarded children. Children with Down's Syndrome appear to follow the same patterns of grammatical acquisition as normal children but at a reduced rate associated with the severity of their retardation.

Evaluation of Oral Hygiene Status and Periodontal Health in Mentally Retarded Subjects with or without Down's Syndrome in Comparison with Normal Healthy Individuals

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
CS Krishnan ◽  
A Archana
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Periodontal Health ◽  
Periodontal Status

ABSTRACT AIM The aim of the study was to assess the oral hygiene status and periodontal status of Mentally Retarded, Down's syndrome and normal subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was undertaken at OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL at Vepery, Chennai, India. 150 subjects were selected. Among them 100 were Mentally Retarted, 50 were Down's Syndrome subjects. 50 healthy normal subjects were selected (Students from Madha School, Chennai, India) for comparison. All were screened for oral hygiene and periodontal status by OHI-S and CPITN index. Statistical analyasis was done by Pearsson correlation coefficient. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The results showed that the Mentally Retarded and Down's Syndrome subjects had decreased prevalence rate of periodontitis.

Etude Cytogenetique De 440 Patients Institutionalises Pour Retard Psychomoteur*

1971 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-259
Author(s):  
R. Dussault ◽  
M. L. Destiné ◽  
L. Dallaire
Keyword(s):  
Reciprocal Translocation ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
The Mean

The authors did chromosomal studies on four hundred and forty patients in an institution for the mentally retarded. Among the eighty-eight patients who had Down's syndrome, five had a reciprocal translocation, for a frequency of 5.6 per cent. The parents of four of these children had a normal chromosomal pattern. Among the remaining three hundred and fifty-two patients, two had a gonosomal anomaly and three had an autosomal anomaly, for a frequency of 1.4 per cent. These data are compatible with the nature of the psychomotor defects observed and the mean age of the patients who constituted a heterogeneous group of mentally retarded individuals.

Hepatitis B Vaccination in Down's Syndrome and Other Mentally Retarded Patients

Hepatology ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf A. Heijtink ◽  
Pieter De Jong ◽  
Solko W. Schalm ◽  
Nic Masurel
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination

Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation in Down's Syndrome

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-713
Author(s):  
Forrest C. Bennett ◽  
Stephen McClelland ◽  
Elinor A. Kriegsmann ◽  
Lori Brazee Andrus ◽  
Clifford J. Sells
Keyword(s):  
School Achievement ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Public Media ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
Vitamin And Mineral Supplementation

The claim that large, nonspecific doses of vitamins and minerals improve the performance of mentally retarded children has recently reappeared in both the scientific literature and the public media. This hypothesis was examined in a double-blind, case-control study involving 20 home-reared children with Down's syndrome between 5 and 13 years of age. Children were randomly assigned by matched pairs to either a vitamin/mineral group or placebo group for an 8-month study period. No significant group differences or suggestive trends were found in any tested area of development or behavior, including intelligence (IQ), school achievement, speech and language, and neuromotor function. No group differences in appearance, growth, or health were seen. No support was found for the orthomolecular hypothesis in school-aged children with Down's syndrome.

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