[Historical outline of treatment of mentally retarded children in Poland].
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In 490 Polish school districts 260 heavily imbecile children (I.Q. from 0 to 49), i.e., 0.30 percent of all children aged 5 to 15, among them 151 boys and 109 girls, were found by twenty teams composed of neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, and statisticians. The Langdon-Down syndrome was found in 39 cases (0.51 per thousand). 40.7 percent of the children had brothers and sisters that were weak-minded or afflicted with other psychic disorders. For 93 children it was possible to establish birth asphyxia. The proportion of children who because of imbecility are unable to attend normal schools amounts to 2.0 percent.
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A group of 150 siblings of children with serious mental handicap was examined. It was established, that frequency of occurrence of psychiatric disorders in this group was no more often than in general population.
In the off-spring of patients with affective disorder various psychological disorders were found in 25% subjects. In the off-spring of healthy persons only 10% were found to have psychological disorders.
150 children were examined. They were divided into two groups. The first group was composed of the children hospitalized with the diagnosis of neurotic disorder, the second one of their brothers and sisters of similar age (7-13) nontreated psychiatrically. There were statistically significant differences between these two groups in the following ways: 1) pathology of the pre- and postnatal periods, 2) psychomotor development and somatic state during the infantile age, 3) emotional development during the preschool period.
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In the offspring of patients with affective disorder various psychological disorders were found in 25% subjects. In offspring of healthy persons only 10% were found to have psychological disorders.