PSY341H1 Lecture Notes - Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Brain Damage
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Aamr was the one who took the lead and defined mental retardation. Most people who have psychological disorder are treated physiologically. What two tend to go hand in hand. After learning about conditioning we though we could cure mental retardation but since it doesn"t it shows mental retardation is different from autism infact. General acknowledgement on dsm 5 that this is neurodevelopment disorder which occurs early on in development and perhaps during brith. Intellectual disabilities can also occur in adult hood with main causes being stroke or. Well defined what mental retardation is originally came from aamr and now they have changed to aaidd. American association for child and adolescent psychiatry defined intellectual disability as confusion of mental retardation0630. In order t be diagnosed with mr you have to have low iq and issue adapting to daily life. Many children go on to learn a great deal and can be partially independent.
