文档介绍：MENTAL DISORDERS
Department of Pediatrics
Soochow University Affiliated Children’s Hospital
CLASSIFICATION OF CHILDHOODMENTAL DISORDERS
The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-IV ) provides a standardized classification system.
Categories of Childhood Mental Disorders
Mental Retardation
Leaning Disorders
Motor Skills munication Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
广泛性发育障碍
(ADHD) Attention-deficit and
Disruptive Behavior Disorder
Feeding and Eating Disorder of Infancy
or Early Childhood 婴幼儿期喂养及进食障碍
Tic Disorder 抽动障碍
Elimination Disorder 排泄障碍
Other Disorder
MENTAL RETARDATION
Mental retardation (MR) is defined as (1) significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning-- an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 below, (2) deficits in adaptive functioning-the ability of an individual to meet the standards expected for his or her age by his or her cultural group, and (3) age at time of diagnosis (less than 18 years of age).
Approximately 1% to 2% of child in the world are mentally retarded.
The incidence in male is higher than in female.
Mild Mental Retardation
Mild Mental Retardation About 75% -80% of mentally retarded children fall into this category. A child's IQ is between 55 and 70. The category is equivalent to the educational category "educable".
Moderate Mental Retardation
Moderate Mental Retardation Children in this category have IQ between 40 and 54 and have About 12% of mentally retarded children The category is equivalent to the educational category " trainable".
Severe Mental Retardation
Severe Mental Retardation Children in this group have an IQ between 25 and 39. About 8% of mentally retarded children fall into this category.
Profound Mental Retardation
Profound Mental Retardation About 1%-5% of mentally retarded children fall into this category. The IQ of this group of children is below 24.
Assessment
Child care workers play a major role in identifying mentally r