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Retraso mental - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Discapacidad intelectual y del desarrollo

Síntomas:

  • Comportamiento infantil continuo
  • Disminución en la capacidad de aprendizaje
  • Incapacidad para cumplir con las pautas del desarrollo intelectual
  • Incapacidad para satisfacer las exigencias educativas en la escuela
  • Falta de curiosidad

Nota: los cambios a comportamientos normales dependen de la gravedad del padecimiento. El retardo mental leve puede estar asociado con la falta de curiosidad y un comportamiento tranquilo. El retardo mental severo está asociado con un comportamiento infantil durante toda la vida.

Pruebas y exámenes:

Se puede hacer una evaluación de los comportamientos de adaptación apropiados para la edad usando pruebas de evaluación del desarrollo. La deficiencia para cumplir con los acontecimientos importantes del desarrollo sugiere la presencia de un retardo mental.

Los siguientes pueden ser signos de retardo mental:

  • Prueba de desarrollo de Denver anormal
  • Puntaje en el comportamiento de adaptación por debajo del promedio
  • Desarrollo notablemente inferior al de compañeros de su misma edad
  • Puntaje del coeficiente intelectual (CI) por debajo de 70 en un examen estándar de CI
  • Reviewed last on: 5/1/2011
  • Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Shapiro BK, Batshaw ML. Mental retardation (intellectual disability). In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 38.

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