Ainsworth, Patricia, M.D.

Understanding mental retardation [electronic resource] / Patricia Ainsworth, Pamela Baker. - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004. - x, 200 p. ; 22 cm. - Understanding health and sickness series . - Understanding health and sickness series. .

Includes index.

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.


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2009.
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Mental retardation.


Electronic books.

RC570 / .A43 2004eb

616.85/88