Sentences with phrase «retardation diagnosis»

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Pastor Jimmy Bartz talks about coming to terms with his son's diagnosis of mental retardation and autism

Other findings revealed in the report identified increases in Medicaid costs for Managed Care, Transportation, and Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Mental Retardation, all areas that are expanding as New York State moves more individuals to managed care; and increases in Medicaid spending on mental health - related diagnoses.

Other proposed changes run the gamut from eliminating the term «mental retardation» — to be replaced with a new «intellectual disability» category — to introducing diagnoses such as «psychosis risk syndrome» and «mild neurocognitive disorder,» which are designed to catch patients in the early stages of a disorder.

The diagnoses were assigned based on meeting the criteria of DSM III R (Diagnostic Statistical Manuel which is the industry standard for categorizing and evaluating mental illnesses) for Axis I (major mental disorders, developmental disorders and learning disabilities) or Axis II (underlying pervasive or personality conditions, as well as mental retardation) psychiatric disorders.

Diagnoses can range from minor learning problems to autism and severe mental retardation to a range of emotional and behavioral disabilities.

Individuals were excluded if they had (1) a lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, or mental retardation; (2) a seizure disorder requiring medication; (3) a mandate to treatment; or (4) the need for primary treatment for another debilitating condition.

The sooner the diagnosis of mental retardation is made, the more the child can be helped.

The first tray is from a session with a child with diagnoses of Bipolar Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Mental Retardation.

Caregivers and children were approached during their regularly scheduled clinic visits if they met the following study inclusion criteria: (a) ages 8 — 18 years, (b) a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for at least 1 year, (c) living with and accompanied by their primary caregiver, and (d) no evidence of mental retardation.

No child psychiatric diagnoses were exclusionary with the exception of moderate or severe mental retardation or psychosis.