Perceptions of Mental Retardation and Mental Illness.

Caruso, David R.; Hodapp, Robert M.

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ERIC Number: EJ377635

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Perceptions of Mental Retardation and Mental Illness.

Caruso, David R.; Hodapp, Robert M.

American Journal of Mental Retardation, v93 n2 p118-24 Sep 1988

Open-ended questions of college students (N=60) indicated students clearly differentiated between the mentally retarded and mentally ill. Mental retardation was characterized by physical stigmata, brain damage, developmental delays, and cognitive deficits; mental illness by emotional lability due to environmental, hereditary, or mixed factors. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Developmental Disabilities, Etiology, Higher Education, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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