title: [Social factors related to deficient mental development].
abstract: The authors examine the outer-social factors which contribute and sometimes even lead to insufficient mental development. In the first place, they point out that the children of socially inferior surroundings are underfed, then, that during pregnancy, the mother of a poor environment is not only underfed, but also subjected to a series of physical strains of hard labor, and to maltreating as well. Apart from that, social inferiority is also expressed through the lack of information and the unpreparedness of the pregnant woman for childbirth, as well as for childbirth outside of organized delivery facilities. A special emphasis is placed on the unfavorable social factors in the postpartal period, which are expressed through the bad nursing, feeding and health care of the newborn. In further discourse, also considered are the immediate influences of social inferiority on the child at the time of starting school. Finally, the authors point to the possibilities of preventing unfavorable sociogenetic factors.
authors.affiliation: Institut za neurologiju, psihijatriju i mentalno zdravlje, Medicinski fakulet, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nikolić
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jovanović
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care
vernacular_title: Sociogeneza u nastajanju mentalne nedovoljne razvijenosti.