The issue of mental health in children with mental retardation began to be addressed more closely after the recent introduction of the term \u00bbdual diagnosis\u00ab denoting the coincidence of mental illness and mental retardation. At pre\u00adsent, there is still much vagueness regarding the recognition of mental illness, possible causes and factors influencing the development of men\u00adtal illness and the medical treatment used. The aim of the study was a) to determine possible differ\u00adences in physical and social characteristics between children with mental retardation and those without intellectual disabilities, b) to inves\u00adtigate the impact of various demographic, physi\u00adcal and social factors on the level of mental retardation, c) to determine the incidence of men\u00adtal illnesses among children with mental retarda\u00adtion and the affects of demographic, physical and social factors on these illnesses. Our study involved 46 children with mental retardation and 50 chil\u00addren without intellectual disabilities. Signs of emo\u00adtional and behavioural disturbances were identified using the Developmental Behaviour Checklists completed by class teachers. The results of the study have confirmed the value of Developmental Behaviour Checklist for clinical work and research. The correlations observed speak for the coinci\u00addence and interdependence of physical occur\u00adrences, social influences, mental retardation and mental illness in the child’s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The issue of mental health in children with mental retardation began to be addressed more closely after the recent introduction of the term \u00bbdual diagnosis\u00ab denoting the coincidence of mental illness and mental retardation. At pre\u00adsent, there is still much vagueness regarding the recognition of mental illness, possible causes and factors influencing the development of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[335,431,442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-1999-archive","category-medical-psychology","category-psychiatry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n