title: [Differentiation of debility from mental retardation in the methodology of studies before school admission].
abstract: The opinions of the authors regarding this question show a great deal of difference. To approach the problem is possible only by complex examinations. One has to look for the lesion of the brain, as for an objective finding, the basis of oligophrenia. Though there is not always a direct independence between the dimension of lesion and the found intellectual level, its demonstration, however, gives an essential help. Therefore in differentiating doubtful cases EEG is indispensable. Even if the neurological finding is negative, in the marginal case or when the defectological finding shows to debility, positive EEG proves debility. Negative EEG does not exclude debility but in such cases on account of the smaller possibility of error retardation is to be diagnosed. At the defectological examination the examination of productive intelligence is of the highest importance.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007360:Intelligence; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Uber die Differenzierung der Debilität von der mentalen Retardierung in der Methodik der Untersuchungen vor der Einschulung.