title: Longitudinal survey of mental retardation during adolescence among Italian pupils.
abstract: In this paper are analysed the increases in mental age during a 3- to 31/2-yr. interval of 54 adolescents classified as mildly or moderately mentally retarded who had participated in rehabilitation therapy (therapy) or had no therapy (control). Analysis showed that the rehabilitation therapy significantly increased mental age only for subjects with mild retardation but not those with moderate mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: De Mojá
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zoccali
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index