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Psychiatry and mental retardation

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Historically, definitions of mental deficiency have largely centred around notions of social competence. Implicit in this concept is the idea that the adjustment of people with similar intellectual deficits will depend largely on factors loosely termed adaptive capacity, behaviour, temperament, personality, or superadded psychiatric disorder.

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  1. The Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK

    John Dobbing

  2. The Department of Psychology, The University, Hull, UK

    A. D. B. Clarke

  3. The Bethlem Royal Hospital, UK

    J. A. Corbett

  4. The Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK

    J. Hogg

  5. The Newcomen Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    R. O. Robinson

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Corbett, J.A. (1984). Psychiatry and mental retardation. In: Dobbing, J., Clarke, A.D.B., Corbett, J.A., Hogg, J., Robinson, R.O. (eds) Scientific Studies in Mental Retardation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06870-8_22

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