A study of institutionalized mentally retarded patients in Manitoba. I: Classification and preventability / Alasdair G. W. HUNTER in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 22-2 (April 1980)

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 22-2 (April 1980) . - p.145-162 Titre : A study of institutionalized mentally retarded patients in Manitoba. I: Classification and preventability Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Alasdair G. W. HUNTER, Auteur ; Diane R. THOMPSON, Auteur ; Shirley RAMSEY, Auteur Année de publication : 1980 Article en page(s) : p.145-162 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This preliminary report concerns the types, and the possibility of prevention, of mental retardation found among 406 patients less than 20 years of age and with IQs less than or equal to 50 who had been admitted to institutions for the retarded in Manitoba prior to 1977. The retardation appeared to be of genetic origin in 27.8 per cent of cases, and acquired in a further 30.3 per cent. 31 per cent of the genetic and 55 per cent of the acquired, or 25.4 per cent of the total group, are considered to have been avoidable, given the full application of current techniques and knowledge. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=505 [article] A study of institutionalized mentally retarded patients in Manitoba. I: Classification and preventability [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Alasdair G. W. HUNTER, Auteur ; Diane R. THOMPSON, Auteur ; Shirley RAMSEY, Auteur . - 1980 . - p.145-162. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 22-2 (April 1980) . - p.145-162 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This preliminary report concerns the types, and the possibility of prevention, of mental retardation found among 406 patients less than 20 years of age and with IQs less than or equal to 50 who had been admitted to institutions for the retarded in Manitoba prior to 1977. The retardation appeared to be of genetic origin in 27.8 per cent of cases, and acquired in a further 30.3 per cent. 31 per cent of the genetic and 55 per cent of the acquired, or 25.4 per cent of the total group, are considered to have been avoidable, given the full application of current techniques and knowledge. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=505

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