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ABSTRACT.The quality of life and adaptive behaviour of a group of 17 adults with learning difficulties who transferred from a long‐stay hospital or hostel into small community‐based group homes was assessed before and 1 year after the move. It was found that the increase in adaptive behaviour was largely dependent on structural staff procedures and there was a bias toward achievement in house‐bound skills. Subjects had a low level of community presence and few meaningful relationships. Implications for service planning are disc

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01557.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACT.Microhamartomatous rectal polyps are described in 11 out of 15 patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS). These readily identifiable polyps are of no clinical significance but their prevalence and unique nature rank them as of equal importance to other better known markers of TS such as the facial angioflbromata (adenoma sebaceum).

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01558.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT.In the period 1986–1988, a cross‐sectional study was carried out in 21 mental deficiency institutions in two provinces of the Netherlands. One of the key‐questions of this study was whether there are differences between the younger and older adult mentally handicapped in Dutch mental deficiency institutions, in prevalences of diseases and sensory handicaps, mobility, motor skills and social functioning. In this article, some results of the study are pres

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01559.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACT.This is probably the first retrospective study of an adult mentally handicapped population of incestuous parentage. Eleven known incestuous unions were identified with 38 offspring, of whom 15 were admitted to the Stoke Park group of hospitals. Incest and its legal definition in different societies are considered. The effects of close inbreeding on mortality, morbidity, mental function and adoption are examined. The study also reaffirms that incest is one of the causes of mental handicap in a high percentage of offspring.

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01560.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACT.A 23‐year‐old male with clinically diagnosed Lowe syndrome had bilateral cataracts, glaucoma, pendulous nystagmus, severe mental and growth retardation, hypotonia, areflexia, joints hyperextensibility, proteinuria, aminoaciduria, and metabolic acidosis. There was also severe epileptic activity (Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome). The neuropathological examination revealed a marked cerebellar atrophy and central chromatolysis in the cerebral cortex. These observations do not confirm the hypothesis of dysmyelination as formulated in previous studies. The reported case rather suggests the existence of a dynamic process starting as a stilt‐undefined metabolic abnormality that, in turn, causes various and inconsistent lesions at the microscopi

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01561.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACT.A 31‐year‐old woman with mental retardation who demonstrated total food refusal as the symptom of a conversion disorder was successfully treated with behavioural management techniques. The treatment utilized a shaping paradigm combined with relaxation procedures. The results supported the hypothesis that conversion disorder symptoms are maintained through their consequences, and the efficacy of behavioural treatments for those disord

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01562.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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Book reviwed in this articles:The Bridge Between Neurology and Psychiatry.Edited by E. H. Reynoldsand M. R. Trimble.Brain Imaging: Applications in Psychiatry.Edited by NancyC. Andreasen.Autism: Strategies for Change (A Comprehensive Approach to the Education and Treatment of Children with Autism and Related Disorders).Edited by G. Grodenand M. G. Baron.

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01563.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0964-2633    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01564.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY