Mental retardation

This book provides a comprehensive update on multiple aspects of the wide-ranging topic of
mental retardation.
The opening part of the volume is dedicated to the definition of mental retardation and
to the various classification systems, within an epidemiological perspective. A second core
section presents the neuropsychology of mental retardation, considering both the global approach to
the identification of the different deficits present in this condition, and the definition of specific cognitive-behavioural
phenotypes possibly related to distinct genetic syndromes or gene defects.
Of particular interest are some contributions to the neurological diagnosis of mental retardation,
providing the clinical description of several specific disorders and genetic syndromes, and outlining the
essential diagnostic input provided by genetic tests.
The psychiatric comorbidity of mentally retarded subjects is presented, and specific chapters are geared
to the medical treatment of mental retardation and the psychopharmacology of the associated
neuropsychiatric disorders.
A final section deals with several cognitive, psycho-pedagogic, and psycho-educative rehabilitation
approaches, focusing on the lifelong disability deriving from mental retardation.

Product details

• Authors: Bulgheroni, Sara Bulgheroni, Chiara Pantaleoni, Collectif, Daria Riva, Chiara Pantaleoni, Riva, Daria Riva, Riva/bulgheroni, Riva/bulgheroni/pant, Sara Bulgheroni
• Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext
• Languages: English, French
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2008
• EAN: 9782742006878
• ISBN: 978-2-7420-0687-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Series: Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series, n° 19; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series, n° 24; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series, n° 22; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series, n° 15; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series, n° 21; Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine