title: [Early diagnosis and early intervention for mentally handicapped children].
abstract: To support a mentally handicapped child and his/her family, it is very important to understand problems concerning the first-step of life-long help: early detection, intervention and treatment of the child in infancy or toddlers. The author discussed these problems based on his 20-year-long experience in community-based approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Maternity and Child Health Institute.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoashi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D007564:Japan; D012944:Social Support