What is Mental retardation?

What is Mental retardation?

• Mental retardation: A mental condition that is characterised by a significantly low IQ.
• Mental retardation: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual is mentally retarded. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline mentally retarded range. Scores below 67 are in the retarded range. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Mental retardation: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Mental retardation: Introduction

Types of Mental retardation:

Broader types of Mental retardation:

• Mental illness
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What causes Mental retardation?

Causes of Mental retardation: see causes of Mental retardation
Risk factors for Mental retardation: see risk factors for Mental retardation

What are the symptoms of Mental retardation?

Symptoms of Mental retardation: see symptoms of Mental retardation

Mental retardation: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Mental retardation.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Mental retardation.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Mental retardation: see treatments for Mental retardation
Research for Mental retardation: see research for Mental retardation

Society issues for Mental retardation

Hospitalization statistics for Mental retardation: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Mental retardation:

• Mental retardation accounted for 28,810 patient days in hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Mental retardation resulted in 339 hospitalisations in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 0.14% (17,340) of hospital episodes were for mental retardation in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 96% of hospital consultations for mental retardation required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 58% of hospital episodes for mental retardation were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Mental retardation

Main name of condition: Mental retardation

Retardation

Oligophrenia, Learning disability, Cognitive development disorder, ESN, Educationally sub-normal, IQ low, Intellectual impairment Source - Diseases Database

Retardation, Backwardness, Slowness, Subnormality
Source - WordNet 2.1

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