Traduction de «Moderate to severe mental retardation » (Anglais → Français) :

moderate to severe mental retardation (1) | imbecility (2)

Definition: An ill-defined disorder of uncertain nosological validity. The category is designed to include a group of children with severe mental retardation (IQ below 35) who show major problems in hyperactivity and in attention, as well as stereotyped behaviours. They tend not to benefit from stimulant drugs (unlike those with an IQ in the normal range) and may exhibit a severe dysphoric reaction (sometimes with psychomotor retardation) when given stimulants. In adolescence, the overactivity tends to be replaced ...[+++] by underactivity (a pattern that is not usual in hyperkinetic children with normal intelligence). This syndrome is also often associated with a variety of developmental delays, either specific or global. The extent to which the behavioural pattern is a function of low IQ or of organic brain damage is not known.

severe intellectual disability [ severe intellectual developmental disorder | severe mental retardation ]

severe mental retardation

Definition: A condition, so far found only in girls, in which apparently normal early development is followed by partial or complete loss of speech and of skills in locomotion and use of hands, together with deceleration in head growth, usually with an onset between seven and 24 months of age. Loss of purposive hand movements, hand-wringing stereotypies, and hyperventilation are characteristic. Social and play development are arrested but social interest tends to be maintained. Trunk ataxia and apraxia start to develop by age four years and choreoathetoid movements frequently follow. Severe mental retardation almost ...[+++]invariably results.

Severe mental retardation

X-linked mental retardation, Turner type has characteristics of moderate to severe intellectual deficit in boys and moderate intellectual deficit in girls. It has been described in 14 members from four generations of one family. Macrocephaly was repo

moderate intellectual disability [ moderate intellectual developemental disorder | moderate mental retardation ]

moderately mentally retarded [ trainable mentally retarded ]

moderate mental retardation

Hon. Elizabeth Hubley: Honourable senators, 20 per cent of Canadians will experience a moderate to severe mental illness during their lifetime.

36. Regrets that the death penalty continues to be used in 38 jurisdictions in the United States; notes that, in breach of several international conventions, it is applied disproportionately to the poor and to members of minority groups, that an alarming number of citizens have been erroneously incarcerated and sentenced to death, and that the death sentence has also been imposed on juvenile and mentally retarded offenders; ...[+++] calls therefore upon the United States and its member states to comply with international standards and place a moratorium on all executions;

FAS children can reflect the following: severe neurological disorders, social dysfunction, permanent behavioural problems, reduced lifespan, restricted brain development, learning disorders, hyperactivity, mental retardation, pre and post natal growth retardation, speech and vision impairment and physical deformities.

You can use Assertive Community Treatment to help mentally retarded people with mental illness, mentally ill persons with drug and alcohol problems, and homeless persons with severe mental illness.