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Assessing and Managing Medical Factors

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Severe Behavior Disorders in the Mentally Retarded

Part of the book series: Applied Clinical Psychology ((NSSB))

Abstract

This chapter discusses medical issues related to behavior disorders of the mentally retarded child or adult. Psychopharmacology (i. e., the use of behavior-altering drugs, such as neuroleptics, stimulants, axiolytics, etc.) is not discussed here because this represents a whole area of study in itself. The present discussion is confined to those issues of medical diagnosis and treatment that have potential relationships to behavior and behavior disorders.

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