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Despite modern obstetrics and pain control, these disorders are still observed. Most often, psychiatric disorders of childbirth present as delirium, stupor, rage, acts of desperation, or neonaticide. [1] These psychiatric complications are rarely seen in patients under modern medical supervision.
The ACD mental retardation syndrome was first described in 1980 by Albert Schinzel and only few cases have since been identified in the world. At the time Dr. Schinzel made no conclusion of the hereditary pattern of this syndrome but similarities between cases reported by year 2000 seem to suggest autosomal or x-linked recessive inheritance or ...
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.
Icthyosis-intellectual deficit-dwarfism-renal impairment, Ichthyosis-mental retardation-dwarfism-renal impairment, [1] Passwell-Goodman-Siprkowski syndrome [2] Specialty: Medical genetics: Symptoms: ichthyosis from birth, intellectual disabilities, abnormally short stature, and renal impairments: Usual onset: Birth: Duration: Life-long: Causes
Risk factors for mental illness include psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences, genetic predisposition, and personality traits. [7] [8] Correlations between mental disorders and substance use are also found to have a two way relationship, in that substance use can lead to the development of mental disorders and having mental disorders can lead to substance use/abuse.
Hyperthermia causes anencephaly, which is when part of the brain and skull are absent in the infant. [61] [68] Mother exposure to toxoplasmosis can cause cerebral calcification, hydrocephalus (causes mental disabilities), [69] and intellectual disability in infants. Other birth abnormalities have been reported as well, such as chorioretinitis ...
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MECP2 gene mutations are the cause of most cases of Rett syndrome, a progressive neurologic developmental disorder and one of the most common causes of intellectual disability in women. ARX: Aristaless related homeobox, is a protein associated with intellectual disability and lissencephaly. This gene is a homeobox-containing gene expressed ...