Psychomotor retardation, sometimes called psychomotor impairment, is the slowing down or hampering of your mental or physical activities. This usually takes the form of slower thinking or body ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying what constitutes intellectual disability also marked a major milestone in efforts to put an end to use of the term “mental retardation.” For the first ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Mental retardation' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Despite decades of research, mental retardation remains an amorphous concept defined not in black and white but in ever-changing shades of gray. As recently as 40 years ago, the condition was defined ...

Although controversies and debates over the definition and classification of mental retardation (MR) are still topical subjects, MR is defined as a disability characterized by significant limitations ...

X-linked genetic defects are important causes of mental retardation, and recent years have seen important progress in the identification of the genes involved in X-linked mental retardation (XLMR).

As experts behind a forthcoming update of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders look to revise psychiatry’s definition of “mental retardation” their efforts are becoming ...

New research by Dutch geneticists affiliated with the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre demonstrates that spontaneous mutations are an important cause of mental retardation. The majority of ...

The saddest of all cries is that of a mother tenderly holding her retarded child and asking, “Why?” A cry of hunger can be satisfied with food, a cry of poverty alleviated with money, a cry of pain ...

Dr. Arthur Beaudet answers the question: 'Autism And Metal Retardation in Kids?' Oct. 23, 2008 -- Question: Do all children with autism also have mental retardation, and vice-versa? Answer: Not all ...

Michele Bachmann says HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation After criticizing Texas Gov. Rick Perry for mandating a vaccine for school girls, Rep. Michele Bachmann added some scary charges: She ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Psychomotor retardation' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...