title: Parents of mentally retarded adolescents evaluate the past and face the future of their child.
abstract: This report deals with answers to a questionnaire given by 69 parents of retarded adolescents living in a community which, at the time of the study, offered little in terms of concrete services to mentally retarded persons. The inquiry concerned basically the parents' evaluation of the support they received from services or other sources and their concern about the child's future.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors