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THE EFFECT OF TREATMENT ON MENTAL AND PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF MARASMIC INFANTS ACCORDING TO AGE OF ADMISSION
Author(s) -
CELEDON J. M.,
CSASZAR DIANA,
MIDDLETON JENNIFER,
ANDRACA ISIDORA
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1980.tb00054.x
Subject(s) - psychomotor learning , pediatrics , medicine , mental hospital , psychology , psychiatry , cognition
The mental and psychomotor development of severely malnourished infants were examined during nutritional and psychological treatment. There was a significant difference between younger and older infants in their response to the treatment. The older infants had a remarkable reduction of their psychomotor development at admission and showed a considerable recovery throughout treatment. The younger infants became more affected during hospitalisation. The bodyweight deficit had mostly recovered by the end of the treatment.