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Intellectual Disability

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.13145, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13145
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: emotional instability; and feeble-mindedness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13157, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13157
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: depressed fracture of frontal bone; head injury; and mental backwardness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13394, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13394
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: developmental delay; epilepsy; seizures; intellectually retarded; hypotonus; hypertonus; birth injury; physical moto disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13404, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13404
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mental disorder; pyschopathic behaviour; schizophrenic process; birth trauma; backward; and syphilis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13407, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13407
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pneumonococcal meningitis; brain damage; physical disability; epilepsy; seizures; hydrocephalus; thrombopheblitis; and mental backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13446, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13446
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; diplopia; mental retardation; ataxia; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.13497, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13497
Scope and Contents

Note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mental defect; and defective development of moral sense. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13508, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13508
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mental backwardness; and hyperkinesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13520, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13520
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: visual field defect; headache; intellectual defect; mental deterioration; birth trauma; porencephalic cyst; and focal epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.13528, 1954-1969

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13528
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: difficult and dangerous habits; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1969