The Medical Assessment of Mentally Retarded Children in Hospital
E. C. DONOGHUE M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M.1,
K. A. ABBAS B.A.2, and
E. GAL 3
1 Assistant Psychiatrist, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey
2 Department of Psychology, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey
3 Lecturer, Institute of Computer Science, University of London
This study supports those previously mentioned, in that of the 285 children examined, only one tenth required continuous `medical investigation or active hospital treatment', although almost all were mentally severely subnormal and many had serious pathological conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, ophthalmic lesions and so on, which would require regular out-patient supervision.
Submitted on February 25, 1970
