A trial of bran and bran biscuits for constipation in mentally handicapped and psychogeriatric patients

1978 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-372
Author(s):  
Gail McCallum ◽  
Brian R. Ballinger ◽  
Allan S. Presly
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Psychogeriatric Patients

A Case of Mosaicism with Fragile-X and XXY Components

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saumitra Deb ◽  
Valerie A. Cowie ◽  
Carol Timberlake
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Fragile Site ◽  
Fragile X ◽  
Chromosomal Mosaicism ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Phenotypic Features

The case of a 63-year-old severely mentally handicapped man is reported with chromosomal mosaicism. His karyotype was established as mosaic 46XY/47XXY with the fragile site present in a proportion of cells of both cell-lines. He showed phenotypic features which could be related both to the fragile-X and Klinefelter's syndromes.

Planning services for the mentally handicapped: a look at Sweden

BMJ ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 284 (6326) ◽  
pp. 1411-1411
Author(s):  
D Chakraborti
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Handicapped

Survey of incapacity associated with mental handicap at Rampton and Moss Side Special Hospitals: a comparison with the 1970 National Survey

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-306
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Parker
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Special Hospitals

SynopsisThe results of a survey carried out at Rampton and Moss Side Special Hospitals into physical and behavioural incapacity associated with mental handicap are described and compared with the findings of the 1970 National Survey. The Special Hospital patients were found to be less mentally handicapped than similar patients in subnormality hospitals in the National Health Service. The prevalence of physical incapacity associated with mental handicap was also lower in the Special Hospitals but the Special Hospital patients were assessed as more behaviourally disordered. In both surveys the incapacities present were concentrated in the severely mentally handicapped patients. In the Special Hospitals survey the women, when compared with the men, were found to be more behaviourally disordered and to suffer from a greater degree of multiple severe incapacity. All the differences found between the two surveys are consistent with the statutory criteria for admission to a Special Hospital.

Behaviour disturbance and mental handicap: typology and longitudinal trends

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Leudar ◽  
W. I. Fraser ◽  
M. A. Jeeves
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Mood Disturbance ◽  
Behavioural Disturbance ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Longitudinal Stability ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Long Term Changes ◽  
Antisocial Conduct

SynopsisBehaviour disturbance was investigated in mentally handicapped adults who were living in hospital or at home. The first part of the study describes an empirically derived typology of disturbed behaviour patterns and gives the details of a scale by means of which behaviour disturbance can be quantified along six dimensions: aggression, mood disturbance, communicativeness, antisocial conduct, idiosyncratic mannerisms, and self-injury. The second part of the study used the scale in a longitudinal study of behavioural disturbance. Different forms of disturbed behaviour exhibited different kinds of longitudinal stability, and the long-term changes in one aspect of disturbance depended on subjects' other disturbance scores.

The Effect of Group Counseling on Educable Mentally Retarded Boys’ Self Concepts

1969 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip H. Mann ◽  
James D. Beaber ◽  
Milton D. Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Group Counseling ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Educable Mentally Retarded ◽  
And Control ◽  
Significant Factors

The effects of group counseling on the self concepts of young educable mentally handicapped boys were studied, along with the variables of anxiety, deportment and achievement in reading and arithmetic as rated by teachers, attendance, IQ, and age. Results indicated that those who received group counseling tended to exhibit greater improvement in self concept, more reduction in anxiety, and better grades in deportment and the academic subjects of reading and arithmetic, than those who did not receive the counseling. No significant difference was found between experimental and control groups in attendance. Age and IQ were not found to be significant factors in the counseled group.

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