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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:

37.210 Female, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/36
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 37. Indexed.

Dates: Other: June 1946
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 37

37.217 Male, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, October 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/36
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 37. Indexed.

Dates: Other: October 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 37

37.218 Male, 15-24 yrs, Idiocy, April 1944

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/36
Scope and Contents "Mental disease - AMENTIA (Idiocy - Hydrocephalic) Congenital cataract. Cannot speak or walk. Rolls on floor striking his head. No control of bladder or bowels. Is a danger to himself and the other chilren. Difficult instrumental birth owing to hydrocephalus. Has never walked or tried to speak. This child is a hydrocephalic idiot. Mother has been able to manage him until now but he is too big and strong. He attacks the other children, holding them with his hands, banging them with his head....
Dates: Other: April 1944
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 37

PR2.44, 1940-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.44
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and physical retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.56, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.56
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 6 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; and mental defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR4.19, 1933-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.19
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: otitis; congenital eye anomaly; and intellectual disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1938
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR1.355, 1931

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.355
Scope and Contents

Notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: imbecility. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR1.355, 1931

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.355
Scope and Contents

Notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: imbecility. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR1.726, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.726
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: squint; vomiting; mental retardation; hydrocephalus; and medulloblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1934
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR2.347, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.347
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: mental defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)