ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION : NEED FOR NEWER APPROACHES*

Mental retardation is a complex, multifaceted condition. It is not a simple condition based primarily on intellectual capacities. Assessment of a retarded child should not be limited to intellectual functioning alone. It should give an idea of the individual′s strength and weaknesses globally. Unfor...

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Autores principales: Nizamie, Alka, Nizamie, S. Haque, James, M.X., Shukla, T.R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1989
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927406
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author Nizamie, Alka
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description Mental retardation is a complex, multifaceted condition. It is not a simple condition based primarily on intellectual capacities. Assessment of a retarded child should not be limited to intellectual functioning alone. It should give an idea of the individual′s strength and weaknesses globally. Unfortunately, in India, assessment of mental retardation is still primarily based on intelligence tests. There is a need to understand the limitations of such an approach.
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spelling pubmed-31720192011-09-16 ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION : NEED FOR NEWER APPROACHES* Nizamie, Alka Nizamie, S. Haque James, M.X. Shukla, T.R. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Mental retardation is a complex, multifaceted condition. It is not a simple condition based primarily on intellectual capacities. Assessment of a retarded child should not be limited to intellectual functioning alone. It should give an idea of the individual′s strength and weaknesses globally. Unfortunately, in India, assessment of mental retardation is still primarily based on intelligence tests. There is a need to understand the limitations of such an approach. Medknow Publications 1989 /pmc/articles/PMC3172019/ /pubmed/21927406 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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