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General intellectual impairment secondary to defects of memory and orientation. A disorder of memory in which new information is not learned but old material is well remembered.  

Also known as trisomy 21, a common form of mental retardation caused by a chromosomal abnormality; formerly called mongolism. Two types are recognized, based on the nature of the chromosomal aberration: the translocation type and the non-disjunction type. Physical findings include widely spaced eyes with slanting openings, small head with flattened occiput, lax joints, flabby…

Foremost nineteenth-century American crusader for the improvement of institutional care of the mentally ill.  

Classification representing 23 major diagnostic categories that aggregates patients into case types based on diagnosis. A diagnosis related group is a subset of a major diagnostic category. Classes of medical diagnoses in a system devised to control health care costs and used to establish reimbursement for hospital care.  

A mental disorder characterized by a persistent mental disorder such as schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, mood disorder, or organic mental disorder. Auditory or visual hallucinations, if present, are not prominent. Delusional (paranoid) disorders are usually subtyped by the predominant delusional theme: erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, or somatic.