title: [The psychological meaning of abnormal behavior in mental retardation].
abstract: The aim of the article is to encourage psychiatrists to follow the psychopathological approach to mental retardation. According to the author's opinion it is impossible to explain mental retardation only by using neurological and genetic categories. Mental retardation belongs to the group of psychological disorders like the psychoses and the neuroses. This disorder is characterized by pathological organisation of personality, that inhibits the development of the cognitive functions. The author presents the conditions of life in social care homes (where the basic needs concerning dignity, love and freedom are absent) as an example of the factors pathologizing the personality. She explains the psychological meaning of some abnormal behaviours by persons with mental retardation living in such conditions.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Psychologii Klinicznej przy Wydziale Psychologii, Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kościelska
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D013850:Thinking
vernacular_title: O psychologicznym znaczeniu zaburzeń zachowania w upośledzeniu umysłowym.