Mental retardation : some recent developments in the study of causes and social effects of this problem /

Mental Retardation summarizes some developments in the study of the causes and social effects of mental retardation. The problem of definition and recognition is emphasized, along with its relationship to frequency and to the changes that have occurred in the natural history and prevalence of mental...

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Main Author: Kirman, Brian H. (Brian Herbert), 1910-1996 (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Published for the Institute for Research into Mental Retardation by Pergamon Press, 1968.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Institute for Research into Mental Retardation. Occasional paper ; no. 1
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Summary:Mental Retardation summarizes some developments in the study of the causes and social effects of mental retardation. The problem of definition and recognition is emphasized, along with its relationship to frequency and to the changes that have occurred in the natural history and prevalence of mental handicap in general and of some of its specific constituent disorders in particular.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 39).
ISBN:9781483137834
148313783X
9780080133713
0080133711