Understanding mental retardation

Main Author: Ainsworth, Patricia, M.D.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Baker, Pamela C.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.
Series:Understanding health and sickness series
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10157888
Table of Contents:
  • What is mental retardation and who is affected?
  • Normal development
  • Evolving concepts of mental retardation
  • The first six years: infants, toddlers, and preschool children
  • School-aged children, adolescents, and teenagers
  • The adult years
  • The elderly
  • Psychiatric illness and mental retardation
  • Research on the future of prevention and treatment of mental retardation.