Psychiatric symptoms in mentally retarded children

Abstract

This study was performed on the mentally retarded children who were being educated at special classes of elementary school connected to the Ministry of Education in Konya. 88 males (% 73.9), 31 females (% 26.1) totally 119 children between 8-16 years of age were included in the study. 76 children that could take IQ test were classified as % 73.7 mild and % 26.3 moderate retarded stereotypic behaviors and hyperactivity were found significantly higher among moderate retarded children than mildly retarded ones. Although there was no significant relation between IQ level and enuresis, encopresis, stereotypic behaviors, autistic symp¬toms, tic. aggressiveness, hyperactivity, attention deficit and speech disorders, it was observed that as the IQ level decreased, percentage of this psychiatric symptoms in¬creased. Hyperactivity, attention deficit and speech disorders were found significantly high among the males.

Özet

Bu gali§ma. Mart 1996 - Haziran 1996 doneminde Konya Millt Egttim My.diirlti.gune bag- it ilkokullardakl ozel simflarda eglttm goren gocuklarda gergekle§tirtldi. Qah§maya 8-16 ya§lar arasinda 88'i (% 73.9 ) erkek, 31'i ( % 26.1 ) kit olmak tizere toplam 119 gocuk ahndu Zeka testi uygulanabilen 76 gocugun % 73.7 'sinde hq/lf ve % 26.3 'tinde orta derecede zeka geriligi saptandi. Stereotipik davram§lar ve hlperaktivite orta derecede zihinsel ozurlii gocuklarda, hqfjf derecede zihinsel ozurlulere gore anlamh derecede yiiksek bu- lundu. Enurezis, enkoprezis, otistik belirtiler, tik, saldirganlik, dikkat eksikllgl, konu§ma bozuklugu He zeka duzeyi arasinda istatistiksel yonden anlamh fair iliskl bulunmamakla birlikte zeka duzeyi arasinda istatistiksel yonden anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmakla birlikte zeka duzeyi diistukge bu ruhsal belirtilerin oran olarak arthgi gdriildu. Cinsiyet yonunden incelendiginde erkeklerde hiperaktivite, dikkat eksikligi ve konusma bozuklugu kizlara gore istatistiksel olarak anlamh derecede yiiksek bulundu