Title A history of mental retardation : a quarter century of promise / R.C. Scheerenberger

Published Baltimore : P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., [1987] ©1987

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Description xv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Contents Part I: Understanding mental retardation -- 1. Definition, measurement, and labeling: Old concepts and new visions -- 2. Etiology, prevention, and growing issues in medical treatment -- 3. Learning, mental illness, and norm-violating behavior -- Part II: Social care and treatment -- 4. New foundations -- 5. Childhood and adolescence: Changing perspectives and programs -- 6. Adult services: The great unmet need -- 7. Institutions and deinstitutionalization: A shifting emphasis Analysis United States Mentally retarded persons Care history United States Mentally retarded persons Care, to 1983 Notes This "serves as a sequel to A History of mental retardation published in 1983, which ... ended with the year 1959" Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index Subject Intellectual disability -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Intellectual disability -- United States -- History. Mental health services -- United States -- History. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Political planning -- United States -- History. Intellectual Disability -- history. Mental Health Services -- history. Public Policy -- history. Public Policy. SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 LC no. 87000675 ISBN 093371680X

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