title: [Nosology of mental retardation].
abstract: The classificatory systems used through history. The analysis of their criteria for categorization allowed the authors to deduce the nosologic considerations and the paradigms underlying the conceptions of mental retardation sustained in each time period, not always from psychiatric origins. The effects of considering mental retardation as a disorder or a disability are discussed together with the correlation with the type of interventions and instituted social practices (related to mental health, social participation, education). The characteristics of the supports' paradigm and its consequences in the classifications and intervention plans are analyzed with more detail.
authors.affiliation: Psiquiatra y Psicoanalista, Fundación ITINERIS, Buenos Aires, Argentina. itineris@fibertel.com.ar
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: González Castañón
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wahlberg
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*