New data published in Science points to a new mechanism to account for some cases of non-syndromic mental retardation: a mutation in the presynaptic protease neurotrypsin. Molinari et al.

1,2 Taking into account these issues and considering mental retardation (MR) as a paradigm of clinical genetics, we aimed to explore HCPs' and mothers' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about ...

An adult with mental retardation who commits a murder should be held legally accountable (assuming the retardation is not so profound as to render him or her incompetent to stand trial).

Learn why the R-word, R-worded, or any form of the phrase "mental retardation" is no longer an acceptable way to describe ...

Government has prepared the country's first national program for children with autism and mental retardation. Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel, in a statement today (Saturday), ...

In the U.S., passage of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act provides the first federal money for developing a network of community-based mental ...