1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818861903321

Titolo

Major mental handicap : methods and costs of prevention

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1978

ISBN

9786613694164

9781280783777

128078377X

9780470718094

0470718099

9780470720417

0470720417

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 59 (new ser.)

Disciplina

618.9/28/58805

Soggetti

Intellectual disability - Prevention

Intellectual disability - Prevention - Costs

Neonatal intensive care

Prenatal care

Intellectual disability - Etiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Major Mental Handicap: methods and costs of prevention; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Main causes of major mental handicap: prevalence and epidemiology; Discussion; Aetiology of severe handicapping conditions in early childhood; Discussion; Severe mental retardation in Swedish children born 1959-1970: epidemiological panorama and causative factors; Discussion; ABCs of perinatal medicine; Discussion; Neonatal intensive care and the prevention of major handicap; Discussion

A method for neurological evaluation within the first year of life: experience with full-term newborn infants with birth injuryDiscussion; General Discussion; Present status of the infant of very low birth weight treated in a referral neonatal intensive care unit in 1974; Discussion;



Outcome for infants at high risk of major handicap; Discussion; Application of cost-benefit analysis to programmes for the prevention of mental handicap; Discussion; Perinatality: French cost-benefit studies and decisions on handicap and prevention; Discussion; Final discussion

Priorities for obstetric interventionGroup with IQs of 50-70; Research priorities; UK priorities; Ethics; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911008467303321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of human development / / Neil J. Salkind, editor ; Lewis Margolis, associate editor ; manageing editors, Kimberly DeRuyck and Kristin Rasmussen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2006

ISBN

9781452265391

1452265399

9781849727884

1849727880

9781412952484

1412952484

9781412936347

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 v. (xlii, 1516 p.)) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SalkindNeil J

Disciplina

155/.03

Soggetti

Social evolution

Human evolution

Developmental psychology

Human behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Entries; Reader's Guide; About the Editor; Preface; A; B; C; D; E; Volume 2; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; Volume 3; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Appendix 1: Tables and Figures on Selected Aspects of Human Development; Appendix 2: Master Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 'Encyclopedia of Human Development' presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies and education.