Resources in Mental Handicap

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20/08/2002

Research Theme:  Psychological disorder in people with severe intellectual disability (2002)  Research interests

Applied behaviour analysis

Behavioural and emotional disorder

Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

Syndromes associated with intellectual disability

University of Birmingham - Research Topics of the School of Psychology, 

The Cognition & Language Research Group

Leader Dr A Meyer -  This group of staff has interests in cognition (thinking and memory) and language across the life-span in normally functioning individuals and individuals experiencing difficulties.     Download .doc

19/08/2002

Search for West Mids Babies with Down's Syndrome for Nutritional Research Project

For information see Website ¡V www.cddg-downs.org.uk

London contacts Dr Ellis 020 7905 2245 email j.ellis@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Contact: Liz Reuben Press Officer 0121 414 5134 or 0778 992 1163

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are appealing to families of babies with Down¡¦s syndrome to assist them with a study into the possible benefits of vitamin and mineral supplements.

Doctors in Birmingham are looking for Down¡¦s syndrome babies under six months old, in and around the West Midlands area to help with the study.

18/08/2002

Mental Handicap : 139,022 

Autism¡G6,951

Mental Ill Patient¡G94,274

Visual Impaired¡G76,509

Physically Handicapped¡G72,937

Hearing Impaired¡G40,555

Population of Disabled Groups in HK

Estimated HK Total Population¡G6,951,000

Total Disabled Population¡G430,248

Percentage of disabled population in HK¡G6.19%

Source¡GSocial Welfare Department  2001

18/08/2002

Wieseler, Norman A. & Hanson, Ronald H (ed) (1999), Challenging Behavior of Persons with Mental Health Disorders and Severe Developmental Disabilities, US: AAMR                          www.aamr.org

Number of pages: 278 pp,  US$35.95

ISBN number: 0-940898-66-7

18/08/2002

Morgan, Huge (1996) Adult with autism - a guide to theory and practice, Cambridge:  University of Cambridge

Article:  Working with adults with autism in residential settings: a strategy for practitioner training   (pp.249-270)

18/08/2002

Smith, Tristram (1996) Are other treatment effective, in Catherine Maurice   (ed) Behavioral interventin for young children  with autism - a manual for parents and professionals, pp. 45-62, Texas:  Pro-ed.   www.proedinc.com

1.  Early Education - Project TEACCH

2.  Sensory Motor Therapies

  2-1  Sensory Intergration Therapy

  2-2  Auditory Integration Training

3.  Psychoanalysis

4.  Biological Treatment

  4-1  Medications

  4-2  Diets

  4-3  Megavitamins

18/08/2002

Green, Gina (1996), Evaluating claims about treatment for autism, in Catherine Maurice  (ed) Behavioral interventin for young children  with autism - a manual for parents and professionals, pp. 15-28, Texas:  Pro-ed.   www.proedinc.com

Common treatment for people with autistic symptoms

1.  Facilitated Communication

2.  Sensory Integration Therapy

3.  Applied Behavior Analysis

18/08/2002

Diagnostic & Statistical Mannual (DSM)   ºë¯«¯f¶EÂ_»P²Î­p¤â¥U

A psychiatric desease classification mannual published by the Amperican Psychiatric Association.  ¥Ñ¬ü°êºë¯«Âå¾Ç¨ó·|¥Xª©ªººë¯«¯fªº¤ÀÃþ¤â¥U¡C   www.psych.org

18/08/2002

Chinese Terminology of Autism    ¦Û³¬¯gªº¤¤¤å¥Î»y

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Chinese Terminology of Mental Handicap ®z´¼ªº¤¤¤å¥Î»y

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18/08/2002

English Terminology of Mental Handicap (®z´¼ªº­^¤å¥Î»y)

Mental Handicap (UK¡BHK)

Intellectual Disabilities (USA¡BUN)

Other terms used in the early 90s' (90¦~¥N¦­´Á¨ä¥L­^¤å¥Î»y)¡Gidiot, feebleminded, mental deficiency, mental defectiveness, mental subnormality, intellectural subnormality, severe subnormoality,

Other modern terms used (²{¥N¨ä¥L­^¤å¥Î»y)¡Gcognitive developmental disability, cognitive impairment, developmental disability, intellectual disability, mental retardation¡A

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