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mental retardation is described, below-average general intellectual function, associated deficits in adaptive behavior that occurs, age 18, causes, mental retardation, numerous, a specific reason, mental retardation is determined in only 25%, the cases, failure to adapt, grow intellectually, become apparent early in life, case of mild retardation, become recognizable, school age, an assessment of age-appropriate adaptive behaviors, made by the use of developmental screening tests, failure to achieve developmental milestones is suggestive of mental retardation, a family, suspect mental retardation, motor skills, language skills, self-help skills, developing, child, developing at a far slower rate than the child's peers, degree of impairment from mental retardation has a wide range from profoundly impaired to mild, borderline retardation, less emphasis is now placed on degree of retardation, on the amount, intervention, care required, daily life, risk factors, mental retardation affects, 1 to 3%, the population, mental retardation, roughly broken down into several categories, unexplained, category, largest, a catchall, undiagnosed incidences of mental retardation, trauma, prenatal, postnatal, intracranial hemorrhage, after birth, periventricular hemorrhage, lack of oxygen, brain, after birth, severe head injury, infectious, congenital, postnatal, congenital rubella, meningitis, congenital cmv, encephalitis, congenital toxoplasmosis, listeriosis, hiv infection, chromosomal abnormalities, errors of chromosome numbers, down's syndrome, defects, in the chromosome, chromosomal inheritance, fragile x syndrome, angelman syndrome, prader-willi syndrome, chromosomal translocations, a gene is located in an unusual spot on a chromosome, location on a different chromosome than usual, deletions, cri du chat syndrome, genetic abnormalities, inherited metabolic disorders, galactosemia, tay-sachs disease, phenylketonuria, hunter syndrome, hurler syndrome, sanfilippo syndrome, metachromatic leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, lesch-nyhan's syndrome, rett syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, metabolic, reye's syndrome, congenital hypothyroid, very high bilirubin levels in babies, hypoglycemia, poorly regulated diabetes mellitus, toxic, intrauterine exposure to alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, drugs, methylmercury poisoning, lead poisoning, nutritional, malnutrition, environmental, poverty, low socioeconomic status, deprivation syndrome, failure to meet intellectual developmental markers, persistence of infantile behavior, lack of curiosity, decreased learning ability, inability to meet educational demands of school, deviations in normal adaptive behaviors depend on the severity, mild retardation associated, a lack of curiosity, quiet behavior, severe mental retardation is associated, infantile behavior throughout life, , development significantly less than that of peers, an intelligence quotient, iq, less than two standard deviations below the mean, frequently classified, a score below 70 on a standardized iq test where 100, mean, adaptive behavior score, abnormal denver developmental screening test, primary goal of treatment, develop the person's potential, fullest, special education, training, infancy, social skills to help the person function, specialist to evaluate the person, coexisting affective disorders, treat those disorders, behavioral approaches, important in understanding, working, mentally retarded individuals, outcome is related, aggressiveness of treatment, personal motivation, opportunity, associated conditions, lead productive lives functioning independently, require a structured environment to be most successful, complications, social isolation, inability to care, self, inability to interact, others appropriately, call health care provider, have any concerns, child's development, a lack of normal development, motor, language skills, child, associated disorders that need treatment, genetic, prenatal screening, genetic defects, genetic counseling, families at risk, known heritable disorders, decrease the incidence of genetically caused mental retardation, social, government programs to insure adequate nutrition, underprivileged, in the, most critical years of life, reduce retardation associated, malnutrition, social programs to reduce poverty, provide good education, impact the mild "retardation" associated, impoverished, lower socioeconomic status, early intervention in abuse, deprivation, toxic, environmental programs to reduce lead, mercury exposure, toxins, reduce toxin-associated retardation, benefits, take years to, become apparent, increased awareness by the public, the effects of alcohol, drugs, pregnancy, reduce the incidence of retardation, infectious, prevention of congenital rubella syndrome is probably one, the best examples of a successful program, prevent one form of mental retardation, constant vigilance, relationship of cats, toxoplasmosis, pregnancy, helps to reduce retardation that results from this infection.