Epidemiological aspects of mental retardation
Assumpção Júnior, F.B.; Sprovieri, M.H.
Acta Psiquiatrica y Psicologica de America Latina 33(4): 296-304
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6896 PMID: 3452978 Document Number: 288602
This paper covers a population from 0 up to 50 years old, considered as 'handicapped', at the A.P.A.E. in São Paulo, Brazil. Many differences in the characteristics of both social and family environment were analyzed, as well as diagnosis and etiologies regarding associated problems. An appraisal of the different influences on both social and individual factors was outlined so that strategies of attendance could be modified accordingly.