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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:

PR4.2527, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2527
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: post-encephalitic mental defect; and athetotic and choreiform movements. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2528, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2528
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; dementia; claw-foot; and abnormal menstruation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2529, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2529
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: 'idiocy'; epilepsy; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2637, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2637
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy; and mental degeneration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2665, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2665
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury of brain; mental retardation; ataxia; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR2.10152, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10152
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: backwardness; and gross behaviouristic abnormalities. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10283, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10283
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: backwardness in speech. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10286, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10286
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; birth injury; and intellectual disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10287, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10287
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; chorea; and congenital disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10290, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10290
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; microcephaly; and mental defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951