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  • Title: The failure to detect low IQ in psychiatric assessment.
    Author: Gift TE, Strauss JS, Ritzler BA.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1978 Mar; 135(3):345-9. PubMed ID: 626227.
    Abstract:
    The authors assessed the IQs of 188 hospitalized psychiatric patients and found that 27 (14.4%) had IQs of 85 or less. However, the psychiatric records of 22 of the patients with low IQs showed that only 5 contained any mention of level of intellectual functioning. These findings suggest that a variable of major importance for diagnosis and treatment planning is often ignored.
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