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The British Journal of Psychiatry 145: 289-293 (1984)
© 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The natural history of behavioural symptoms among severely and profoundly mentally retarded patients

AH Reid, BR Ballinger, BB Heather and SJ Melvin

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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