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The Natural History of Mental Deficiency in a State Hospital: II. Mentally Deficient Children Admitted to a State Hospital Prior to Their Sixth Birthday

The Natural History of Mental Deficiency in a State Hospital: II. Mentally Deficient Children... Abstract The physician must frequently advise parents on a long-term plan for the young, mentally deficient child. He is asked for help in their decision whether to place the child or keep him at home. Administrators of public institutions are under constant pressure to provide facilities for young patients, probably because there is a trend toward advising early placement. Only 2% of the Mongoloid patients admitted to Pacific State Hospital between 1945 and 1949 had been placed outside their homes shortly after birth; by 1955 this figure rose to 25%.1 Of the patients on the present "waiting list" of Pacific State Hospital 41% are under 6 years of age. The same age group represents 11.4% of the Metropolitan Los Angeles population and 6.0% of the patients in the hospital. Children who are admitted at an early age will differ in many respects from those who are admitted later in life. References 1. Centerwall, S. A., and Centerwall, W. R.: Personal communication to the authors, 1958. 2. Kramer, M.; Person, P. H., Jr.; Tarjan, G.; Morgan, R., and Wright, S. W.: A Method for Determination of Probabilities of Stay, Release, and Death, for Patients Admitted to a Hospital for the Mentally Deficient: The Experience of Pacific State Hospital During the Period 1948-1952 , Am. J. Ment. Deficiency 62:481-495 ( (Nov.) ) 1957. 3. Tarjan, G.; Wright, S. W.; Kramer, M.; Person, P. H., Jr., and Morgan, R.: The Natural History of Mental Deficiency in a State Hospital: I. Probabilities of Release and Death by Age, Intelligence Quotient, and Diagnosis , A. M. A. J. Dis. Child. 96:64-70 ( (July) ) 1958.Crossref 4. U. S. Census of Population 1950, U. S. Bureau of the Census, Vol. 2: Characteristics of the Population, Pt. 5, California, 1952 5. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 3, Persons of Spanish Surname, 1953 6. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 3, Non-White Population by Race, 1953 7. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 2, General Characteristics of Families, 1956. 8. Cochran, W. G.: Some Methods for Strengthening the Common Chi Square Tests , Biometrics , pp. 417-451, (Dec.) , 1954. 9. Guilford, J. P.: Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Education , Ed. 3, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. 10. Statistical Manual for the Use of Institutions for Mental Defectives , Ed. 3, American Association on Mental Deficiency, in cooperation with the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Utica, N. Y., State Hospitals Press, 1946. 11. Miner, J. B.: Intelligence in the United States , New York, Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. 12. Hollingshead, A. B.: Two Factor Index of Social Position , New Haven, Conn., printed privately, 1957. 13. Paterson, D. G., and Rundquist, E. A.: The Occupational Background of Feeble-Mindedness , Am. J. Psychol. 45:118-124, 1933.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1959 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0096-6916
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10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020372011
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Abstract

Abstract The physician must frequently advise parents on a long-term plan for the young, mentally deficient child. He is asked for help in their decision whether to place the child or keep him at home. Administrators of public institutions are under constant pressure to provide facilities for young patients, probably because there is a trend toward advising early placement. Only 2% of the Mongoloid patients admitted to Pacific State Hospital between 1945 and 1949 had been placed outside their homes shortly after birth; by 1955 this figure rose to 25%.1 Of the patients on the present "waiting list" of Pacific State Hospital 41% are under 6 years of age. The same age group represents 11.4% of the Metropolitan Los Angeles population and 6.0% of the patients in the hospital. Children who are admitted at an early age will differ in many respects from those who are admitted later in life. References 1. Centerwall, S. A., and Centerwall, W. R.: Personal communication to the authors, 1958. 2. Kramer, M.; Person, P. H., Jr.; Tarjan, G.; Morgan, R., and Wright, S. W.: A Method for Determination of Probabilities of Stay, Release, and Death, for Patients Admitted to a Hospital for the Mentally Deficient: The Experience of Pacific State Hospital During the Period 1948-1952 , Am. J. Ment. Deficiency 62:481-495 ( (Nov.) ) 1957. 3. Tarjan, G.; Wright, S. W.; Kramer, M.; Person, P. H., Jr., and Morgan, R.: The Natural History of Mental Deficiency in a State Hospital: I. Probabilities of Release and Death by Age, Intelligence Quotient, and Diagnosis , A. M. A. J. Dis. Child. 96:64-70 ( (July) ) 1958.Crossref 4. U. S. Census of Population 1950, U. S. Bureau of the Census, Vol. 2: Characteristics of the Population, Pt. 5, California, 1952 5. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 3, Persons of Spanish Surname, 1953 6. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 3, Non-White Population by Race, 1953 7. Vol. 4: Special Reports, Pt. 2, General Characteristics of Families, 1956. 8. Cochran, W. G.: Some Methods for Strengthening the Common Chi Square Tests , Biometrics , pp. 417-451, (Dec.) , 1954. 9. Guilford, J. P.: Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Education , Ed. 3, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. 10. Statistical Manual for the Use of Institutions for Mental Defectives , Ed. 3, American Association on Mental Deficiency, in cooperation with the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Utica, N. Y., State Hospitals Press, 1946. 11. Miner, J. B.: Intelligence in the United States , New York, Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. 12. Hollingshead, A. B.: Two Factor Index of Social Position , New Haven, Conn., printed privately, 1957. 13. Paterson, D. G., and Rundquist, E. A.: The Occupational Background of Feeble-Mindedness , Am. J. Psychol. 45:118-124, 1933.Crossref

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A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 1959

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