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  • Title: The natural history of behavioural symptoms among severely and profoundly mentally retarded patients.
    Author: Reid AH, Ballinger BR, Heather BB, Melvin SJ.
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry; 1984 Sep; 145():289-93. PubMed ID: 6478123.
    Abstract:
    In a study of the evolution of behavioural symptoms in severely and profoundly mentally retarded adults in hospital over a period of six years, items of abnormal behaviour were found to be remarkably persistent. There is a high prevalence rate of psychiatric disorder in this population, when this disorder is defined in a widely descriptive sense. A substantially improved living environment, and increased staff-patient ratios, are prerequisites for improving disturbed behaviour in these patients.
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