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ORGANICITY AND MENTAL RETARDATION: ORGANIC MENTAL SYNDROME BATTERY
Author(s) -
Herman P.,
Bala S.,
And A. Atkin,
Rofowizt Bernice
Publication year - 1983
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.1365-2788.1983.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - mount , neurology , medicine , library science , gerontology , psychology , psychiatry , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science
Fifteen mentally retarded children were tested and compared to 10 normal school children. They were administered a battery of tests reflecting organic brain disease, consisting of the Face-Hand, Midline Crossing and Independent Eye Movements Tests. Normals performed correctly 98% of the time on the three combined tests, while the mentally retarded scored only 34% correct. There was a significant correlation between IQ and this battery of tests (the 'OMSB'). When the IQ and OMSB were conflicting, a repeat of the former indicated that the IQ value was erroneous. The OMSB may be useful along with IQ testing as a rapid screening method to evaluate the presence of organicity and its severity.