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Behavior disorders in mentally retarded persons, the dually diagnosed: Factors of pathogenesis
Author(s) -
Towbin Abraham
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198911)45:6<910::aid-jclp2270450613>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - pathogenesis , brain damage , mentally retarded , cerebral palsy , psychology , fetus , medicine , psychiatry , pregnancy , pediatrics , developmental psychology , pathology , biology , genetics
The present report considers organic factors of pathogenesis, in addition to environmental factors, as causal processes in cases of dual disability of mental retardation and behavior disorders. Relevant to organic pathogenesis, in cases of dual diagnosis, basic biological processes are presented, mechanisms concerned with gestational and birth complications that led to fetal‐neonatal hypoxic cerebral cortical damage. In such cases, dual diagnosis manifestations of mental retardation and behavior disorders, together with other chronic cerebral disabilities, may be attributed to residues of fetal‐ neonatal cerebral damage.