This article throws light upon the top ten methods of treatment for mental retardation in humans. The methods are: 1. Education 2. Trainable Mentally Retarded Children 3. Residential Placement 4. Psychotherapy 5. Individual Psychotherapy 6. Group Therapy 7. Behaviour Modification 8. Observational Learning 9. Prevention 10. Secondary and Tertiary Prevention. Method # 1. Education: (a) Educating parents (b) Educating the [...]
This article throws light upon the four levels of mental retardation in humans. The levels are: 1. Mild Mental Retardation 2. Moderate Retardation 3. Severe Retardation 4. Profound Mental Retardation. Level # 1. Mild Mental Retardation: About 90 per cent of the mentally retarded persons are found to belong to this category. They have I.Qs of 55 to 69. They [...]
Psychophysiological disorder is also popularly known as psychosomatic disorder. The term psychosomatic was coined by Heinroth (1818). It was introduced with the study of the effect of emotion on the various body organs. However, the American Psychiatric Association prefers the term psychophysiological while referring to specific disorders and psychosomatics for the general approach to medicine in which physical, psychological and [...]