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The Roles of Bio‐Medical, Psychological, and Social Research in Mental Retardation *
Author(s) -
TAMAKI Yoshitaka
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
congenital anomalies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-4520
pISSN - 0914-3505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1986.tb00670.x
Subject(s) - standardization , psychology , mental capacity , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , computer science , operating system
Advances in research (bio‐medical, psychological, and social) can provided a better understanding of the causes and effects of mental retardation. And also, fundamental research (bio‐medical, social, and neurobehavioral) into the causes of mental retardation is encouraged and facilitated. For the critical evaluation of neurobehavioral teratogenical effects, the Collaborative Studies for the Standardization of Behavioral Teratology Methods (CSSBTM) started in November 1983 in Japan. The Third CSSBTM in 1986 had in principle detailed evaluation on errors in the rnultiple water T‐maze. The Collaborative Behavioral Teratology Study was also conducted in USA, which had more extensive testing procedures rather than the CSSBTM. Apparently, advances in knowledge and techniques will increase our success in preventing the more severe conditions of mental retardation.