"Antipsychotic drugs should no longer be regarded as an acceptable routine treatment for aggressive challenging behavior in people with intellectual disability," the study authors, led by Prof.

This has been the case of conditions of intellectual ... disability, developmental delays, short stature, speech loss, low muscle tone and, in some cases, seizures and aggressive behavior ...

Purpose: Copy number variants have emerged as a major cause of human disease such as autism and intellectual disabilities ... analysis of these regions is needed to inform their functional ...

functional behavioral analysis and other behavioral assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses, diagnose both intellectual disabilities and co-occurring conditions and complex needs. • MLC ...

After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioral problems ... and adolescents with an intellectual disability were a major contributor to functional impairments, missed ...

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability ... into proteins or stand on its own as a functional molecule. The RNA made by RNU4-2 makes up ...

HealthDay News — In-hospital delirium among older adults hospitalized for COVID-19 is associated with increased functional disability ... with COVID-19. The analysis included 311 older adults ...