{"title":"The sterilization of people with a mental handicap: the views of parents.","authors":"M Bambrick, G E Roberts","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The issue of sterilization in people with mental handicap has re-emerged in recent years. Historical aspects are briefly reviewed, and attention is drawn to the different context in which this issue has been revived. A postal survey of parental views was undertaken. Fifty-three per cent of the respondents indicated that they had or would consider sterilization for their child with mental handicap, and a large majority of the parents felt that they alone, or in conjunction with a doctor, should be able to consent on behalf of the person with mental handicap. Consideration needs to be given to parental anxieties with regard to sexual and reproductive health issues which are surfacing with the current emphasis on community care and the philosophy of normalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"35 ( Pt 4) ","pages":"353-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12920719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical trial of 'off diet' older phenylketonurics with a new phenylalanine-free product.","authors":"C Crowley, R Koch, K Fishler, E Wenz, J Ireland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ten PKU subjects were treated with Product 196 for one year. Product 196 is a special phenylalanine-free dietary supplement consisting primarily of essential amino acids, carbohydrate, Vitamin C and some minerals, made by Scientific Hospital Supplies Limited, Liverpool, England. It is intended for persons with phenylketonuria who are not consuming a phenylalanine-restricted diet. During the year that the 10 subjects were on the product, they remained asymptomatic, maintained their weight and appeared healthy. Subjective behavioural improvement was noted in six but no significant changes in intelligence were noted.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"34 ( Pt 4) ","pages":"361-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13545654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re: Psychoses occurring in relation to sex chromosomal anomalies.","authors":"T J Crow","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"34 ( Pt 2) ","pages":"211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13491922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meeting the emotional needs of handicapped people: a psycho-dynamic approach.","authors":"P Frankish","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotional development is considered from a theoretical standpoint of normal development and applied to people with mental handicaps. Individual cases are described and the treatment they received. Implications for care models, education and further research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 5) ","pages":"407-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13934480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Basal metabolic rate in healthy Down's syndrome adults.","authors":"M B Schapiro, S I Rapoport","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01468.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01468.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Basal metabolic rate (BMR) was measured on 2 consecutive days with an open-circuit, indirect calorimeter in 16 healthy subjects with trisomy 21 Down's syndrome (DS) aged 22-35 years and 11 healthy control volunteers aged 20-31 years. BMR measurements did not differ on consecutive days in either the DS or control groups. Absolute BMR, BMR corrected for surface area, and BMR corrected for lean body mass did not differ between the DS subjects and the volunteers. The per cent of predicted BMR also did not differ between the two groups. These results suggest that systems controlling basal metabolism are not affected by extra genomic material from chromosome 21.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"211-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01468.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13671317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cystathioninuria in Down's syndrome.","authors":"A Hestnes, O Borud, H Lunde, L Gjessing","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01474.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01474.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Secondary cystathioninuria is associated with various pathological conditions (Gjessing, 1963; Gjessing & Mauritzen, 1965; Endres & Wuttge, 1978). In many cases, cystathioninuria has been associated with mental retardation (Harris et al., 1959; Robb et al., 1984). As far as the authors know, cystathioninuria has not previously been described in Down's syndrome. In 1981, in the author's institution for the mentally retarded, all patients with Down's syndrome were screened with regard to aminoaciduria, using thin layer chromatography. In the course of this process, a case of cystathioninuria was discovered. The results are presented in detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"261-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01474.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13671318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The view from Walter's window: social environment and the communicative competence of adults with a mental handicap.","authors":"A D van der Gaag","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01469.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01469.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reports on a study of the communicative competence of adults with a mental handicap living in hospital and community settings. One hundred and twenty subjects, half from hospital settings and half from community settings, were assessed on the Communication Assessment profile (CASP). Significant differences were found between the hospital and community groups on pragmatic competence. The communication environment was shown to be an important determinant of pragmatic skills. The implications of this finding are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"221-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01469.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13895085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urinary levels of taurine in mentally retarded children.","authors":"K Nalini, A R Aroor, A Rao","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01476.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01476.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urinary taurine levels were estimated in 29 mentally retarded children. These levels were then compared with those of normal healthy children. The urinary taurine levels were significantly higher in the mentally retarded subjects. There is probably an intriguing relationship between taurine levels and mental retardation.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"271-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01476.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13671319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M S Bhate, P E Robertson, E V Davison, J A Brummitt
{"title":"Prader Willi syndrome with hypothyroidism.","authors":"M S Bhate, P E Robertson, E V Davison, J A Brummitt","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01471.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01471.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of Prader Willi Syndrome who suffered from hypothyroidism is described. This patient on cytogenetic examination was found to have Mosaic 46,XX/46,XX,del(15)(q11.1q11.2) karyotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"235-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01471.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13895087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neuropsychological evaluation of adults with Down's syndrome: patterns of selective impairment in non-demented old adults.","authors":"J V Haxby","doi":"10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01467.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01467.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A battery of neuropsychological tests, developed to study patterns of age-related differences in adults with Down's syndrome (DS), was administered to 10 DS adults over age 35 and 19 younger DS adults. Although all adults with DS are reported to develop the neuropathological changes of Alzheimer's disease by the fourth decade of life, only four of the 10 old DS adults were judged to have dementia based on clinical criteria. Demented old DS adults had global neuropsychological deficits, as indicated by significant differences on all functions tested except some simple language functions. In contrast, non-demented old adults had a selective pattern of neuropsychological reductions relative to young adults. Ability to form new long-term memories and visuospatial construction were consistently diminished, whereas immediate memory span and language were not. The global mental decline observed in demented adults suggests a stage of disease progression that corresponds to severe dementia in premorbidly normal adults with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). The prominent long-term memory impairment with selective reductions of nonmemory functions in non-demented adults suggests a correspondence to early and intermediate DAT.</p>","PeriodicalId":76014,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental deficiency research","volume":"33 ( Pt 3) ","pages":"193-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01467.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13671055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}