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Index

Mental Retardation:

• Mild Mental Retardation
• Moderate Mental Retardation
• Sever Mental Retardation
• Profound Mental Retardation

Definition

A developmental condition that is characterized by significantly lower then average level of general intellectual functioning. Failure to develop cognitive abilities and achieve an intelligence level that would be appropriate for their age group.

Diagnostic Criteria - Mental Health made easy.

1. Intellectual functioning significantly below average. IQs of about 70 or lower in person who can take an IQ test. Clinical judgment must be use on those who can not take an IQ test.

2. Impairments or deficits for that age group in functioning in at last two of the following areas:

1. Communication.
2. Health.
3. Leisure time.
4. Safety.
5. School.
6. Self-care.
7. Social.
8. Taking care of a home.
9. Work.

3. The onset of impairment must be before the age of eighteen.

Treatment ( Psychotherapy )

Adlerian Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Existential Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Person-centered Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Rational-emotive Therapy
Reality Therapy
Transactional Analysis

Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )