Mental Retardation February 14‚ 2013 Mental Retardation I. Set of Class A) Intelligence Quotient below 70 B) All class and Intelligence quotient II. Diagnosis A. Three criterion’s met 1.Iintellegence quotient below 70 2. Adaptive Behaviors a. Communications b. Self Help c. Functional Academic Skills d. Interpersonal Skills III. Genetic Screening A. Prenatal Testing 1. Increase risk of a fetus B. Diagnostic
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According to NAMI—nearly one in five adults in America experience mental illness. When an organ is damaged‚ you go to a doctor--so why wouldn’t you do the same for the brain? Mental health is just as important as you physical well-being and should not be ignored or stigmatized. According to the World Health Organization‚ “Every year about 800‚000 people commit suicide every year with suicide being the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds”. Yet to this day‚ many of those individuals
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Mental and physical health: a contrast or a simile The mind and the body are actually a single system. In western cultures‚ the mind is somewhere in the head and that everything else is body. This dualism can be traced back to Descartes and his writings. This dualism can even be seen in the way health insurance is treated in the United States. Most insurance policies provide much better coverage for "physical" disorders than they do for "mental" disorders. No such dualism ever existed in eastern
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SPED 2: Introduction to Special Education Mental Retardation(intellectual disability) Complex developmental disability It refers to substantial limitation in present functioning. It is characterized by significantly sub-average intellectual functioning‚ existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following adaptive skills area. Substantial limitation in present functioning * Means that the person has difficulty in performing everyday activities. Significantly
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Mental Health Essay Mental health is all about how we think‚ feel and behave. It refers to our cognitive‚ and/or our emotional wellbeing. It describes a sense of wellbeing. Mental health ‘problems’ or ‘difficulties’ are terms used to describe temporary reactions to a painful event‚ stress‚ or systems of drug or alcohol use‚ lack of sleep or physical illness. It can also be used to describe long-term psychiatric conditions‚ which may have significant effects on an individual’s functioning. Some
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when mental retardation comes into place. In my report I will be talking about mental retardation and the different kids of mental illnesses. Mental retardation is often thought of a disease ( Mental retardation 1 ). Disease would be the wrong term. Mental retardation is a term for wide range or conditions ( Mental retardation 1 ). The meaning of mental retardation depends on what society demands of the individual in learning skills‚ and social responsibility ( Mental retardation
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population suffer from either a mental disorder or illness” (Wexler). Many americans have been found to have a mental illness. Whether this be OCD or Schizophrenia‚ it is a serious problem. It is important to know about mental illness in case you ever interact with someone who suffers. You may not know a lot about mental illness and how it could affect you. Today‚ that changes. We will look at the basics of mental illness‚ a specific case called mania depression‚ and how mental illness doesn’t necessarily
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Mental Retardation Liberty University Human Growth and Development Dr. James W. Eisenhower December 12‚ 2012 Abstract Mental retardation is generally understood as a condition that affects the mental and cognitive functioning of the individual and reduces social and learning skills. The prevalence of mental retardation is relatively high in developed countries and this can lead to various problems in terms of care and treatment. It can have far-reaching consequences for the healthcare system
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with increasing cases of mental disorders within societies. This has led to the changing lifestyles and advancement in technology and other human activities. As a result‚ people have been engaged in tasks that could result in stress or depression depending on the nature of the matters at hand. It is approximated that thousands of Americans live with various types of mental illness and mental health issues. Some of these include social anxiety‚ OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)‚ drug addiction‚ and
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a physical cause for mental disorders. Soon Sigmund Freud came along and he and his followers showed that mental illness can be a function of environmental factors. But even after these alternative ways of viewing and understanding mental illness‚ along with the new scientific advances‚ the general public at this time period in the early 1900’s still had no real
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