title: The effect of developmental disabilities on mental health.
abstract: Behavioral abnormalities in the developmentally disabled child are usually ascribed to parental mismanagement of a child perceived as abnormal. (Review of the available data points to the existence of primary behavioral abnormalities due directly to the cerebral dysfunction.) This has important implications for parental counseling and management.
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications