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Intellectual Disability

 Subject

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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:

16.103 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This boy is very dull, also deaf? From nurse."


Relatives in survey: 16.102, 16.101

Dates: Other: February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.107 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Anxiety neurosis, March 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents "Deaf in right ear. Imagined people were behind him in dark. Denies having heard voices. Does not remember having ever been afraid of certain colours. Was in army for 7 months. Discharged because of depression. Worried about trifles ever since his sister was killed. Has no parents, but has quite a few friends. Very sensitive about his discharge from the army and feels that people regard him as a shirker and try to find out in a round about way why he was discharged. On joining the army was...
Dates: Other: March 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.109 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, March 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This girl is defective like her brother (nurse). Is now working in the laundry."

Dates: Other: March 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.111 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Just a prostitute, dull. Husband, a labourer, was in the army, also dull. RC Irish. Children: One or two died early. Daughter died at birth, spina bifida. Again pregnant. Some of them are illegitimate. From Nurse. Dirty. Dr confirms that she is dull but does not know what the children are like. Nurse says the children are not too bad."


Relatives in survey: Son 16.288, mother 16.118

Dates: Other: January 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.116 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This man is defective and lazy - Nurse. A labourer. Siblings: None known. No public assistance for many years. Separated, then together. [Male informant]: A twister, down-trodden. Dr does not know him. In regular work. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Wife 16.118

Dates: Other: January 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.117 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Said to be MD, a bit funny. [Male informant] says she is flighty but dull, now working in hotel. [Male informant] thinks she has had two or three illegitimate children. Very undesirable. No public assistance."


Relatives in survey: Mother 16.118

Dates: Other: February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.118 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This woman is defective and untrustworthy, a very unsatisfactory type. Not so dull as brazen, immoral. Husband, she left him and went and lived with a widower but has now returned. Children: Some sons out of the area, not so bad. No public assistance for many years. Very undesirable family. Dr confirms - promiscuous. This family is not RC. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: 16.111, 16.117, 16.119 husband 16.116

Dates: Other: January 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.119 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 72, now working in a hotel. Has an illegitimate child. No PA. Quite smart since married."


Relatives in survey: Mother 16.118

Dates: Other: February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.120 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Not so queer as his brother but there is something funny about him too. Labourer. Two or three children, average and normal. Nurse confirms - workshy. Confirmed by Dr - children seem to be all right, are all under school age. Clean house. In regular work. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Brother [26.39]

Dates: Other: February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16

16.121 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents "IQ of 72. Now working as a labourer? Father was in CR, now regularly working as a labourer. Mother dead. Uncle not so queer as [patient's father, name redacted] but something funny about him too. He married [name redacted] wife's illegitimate daughter and has 2 or 3 children. Labourer, no public assistance since the war, no left hand. [Male informant]: Children quite average, no difficulty. Not known to nurse. Dr says there is not much about him. He was in the services, not very...
Dates: Other: February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 16