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Recommended Conferences for Retardation

Retardation

OMICS international has previously organized 10 conferences with 400 conference proceedings and 157 national symposiums, 22 upcoming conferences are in a row under the conference series of organization along with publications of 210 open access articles in 13 International journals.

Mental retardation is a condition which is diagnosed before age 18, prior to birth, or in infancy that includes below-average general intellectual function, lack of the skills necessary for daily living. If the onset occurs at age 18 or after, it is called dementia. Intelligence level as determined by individual standard assessment is below 70, the ability to adapt to the demands of normal life is impaired. It is important because it distinguishes a diagnosis of mental retardation from individuals with low IQ scores who are able to adapt to the demands of everyday life. 

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Scope and importance:

Job training, education, support from family, individual characteristics such as motivation and personality can all contribute to MR to the ability of individuals with adapt.

Various other behavioral traits associated with mental retardation include dependency, aggression, impulsivity, self-injury, passivity, low self-esteem, and stubbornness and low frustration tolerance. Few may also exhibit mood disorders such as psychotic disorders and attention difficulties. Sometimes physical traits, like shortness in stature and malformation of facial elements, can set individuals with mental retardation apart from others.

List of Best International Conferences

• 3^rd Euro Psychiatry Conference September 7-9, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2^nd Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychology Conference August 29- 31, 2016 Atlanta, USA
• 2^nd Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management Meeting November 3-4, 2016 Valencia, Spain
• 2nd Psychiatry and Psychiatric Disorders Conference, May 02-04, 2016, Chicago, USA
•  Positive Psychology Conference July 11-12, 2016 Philadelphia, USA
• Eating Disorders Congress August 15-17, 2016 Portland, Oregon
• 5^th Addiction Research and Therapy Conference October 06-08, 2016 Florida, USA
• 5th Forensic Psychology Conference, July 18-20, 2016, Brisbane, Australia
• 2^nd Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience Conference  July 14-15, 2016 Cologne, Germany
• Dual diagnosis Conference July 21-22, 2016 Chicago, USA
• 23rd Annual International `Stress and Behavior` Neuroscience and Biopsychiatry Conference 2016
• World Congress of Psychiatry International Congress 2016

Associations

• Australian society for Intellectual Disability
• American association of people with disabilities
• American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
• FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
• Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
• Disability Rights Commission
• International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
• Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC)
• National Council on Disability 
• People with Disability Australia
• RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability Rights)
• The World Association of Persons with Disabilities

About 10% of the mentally retarded is considered moderately affected. Moderately retarded persons have IQ scores ranging from 35–55. Close to 3–4% of the mentally retarded population is severely affected. They have IQ scores of 20–40.

About 30% of mental retardation is caused by hereditary factors. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) affects one in 3,000 children in Western countries which is caused by the mother's heavy drinking during the first twelve weeks (trimester) of pregnancy. Even moderate alcohol use during pregnancy may cause learning disabilities in children. Whereas drug abuse and cigarette smoking during pregnancy have also been linked to mental retardation.

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This page was last updated on April 20, 2024