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'Mental retardation' or 'intellectual disability': time for a conceptual change.

Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2008

Salvador-Carulla Luis, Bertelli Marco

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BACKGROUND: The term 'mental retardation' (MR) is outdated and has changed to 'intellectual disability' (ID). Unfortunately, this decision did not follow a nosology approach. The aim of this overview is twofold: (1) to provide a conceptual background and framing on the ID/MR field to other psychi...

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PMID: 17952016
DOI: 10.1159/000109950

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