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Peer reviewedMatson, Johnny L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Mentally retarded emotionally disturbed children (N=31) were compared on the Child Depression Inventory and the Child Behavior Profile with 31 children in a normal school setting. Correlational data showed a strong relationship between the cut-off scores for both measures suggesting that similarities exist between depression in mentally retarded…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedMenolascino, Frank J. – Mental Retardation, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedJohnson, Cynthia R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
Fifty children and adolescents with affective disorders and mental retardation admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit were compared with 50 inpatients without depression. Behavioral symptoms occurred significantly more often in the affective group than in the comparison group. The behavioral presentation of affective symptoms in children and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedKurita, Hiroshi; Nakayasu, Nobuo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
This paper presents a case report of a young adult Japanese male with infantile autism who also met diagnostic criteria for seasonal affective disorder and trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). The case report deals with difficulties in diagnosing mood disorder in such individuals, potential treatment effectiveness of valproic acid, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Autism, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies
Peer reviewedStough, Laura M.; Baker, Lynn – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Offers guidelines to teachers for identifying depression in students with mental retardation. Discusses prevalence and symptoms of depression, causes of depression, difficulty of diagnosis in students with mental retardation, detecting symptoms in the classroom, treatment of depression, and psychological services. Inserts list ideas for helping…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification
Download full textBODAHL, ELEANOR; AND OTHERS – 1966
INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THIS BOOKLET ABOUT THE CRIPPLED AND HEALTH IMPAIRED, SPEECH IMPAIRED, HEARING IMPAIRED, DEAF, BLIND, PARTIALLY SEEING, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED, EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, MULTIPLE HANDICAPPED, AND GIFTED. FOR EACH EXCEPTIONALITY, A DEFINITION, INCIDENCE FIGURES,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Deafness, Emotional Disturbances
