Psychomotor retardation, sometimes called psychomotor impairment, is the slowing down or hampering of your mental or physical activities. This usually takes the form of slower thinking or body ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying what constitutes intellectual disability also marked a major milestone in efforts to put an end to use of the term “mental retardation.” For the first ...

As experts behind a forthcoming update of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders look to revise psychiatry’s definition of “mental retardation” their efforts are becoming ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Psychomotor retardation' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learn why the R-word, R-worded, or any form of the phrase "mental retardation" is no longer an acceptable way to describe ...

X-linked genetic defects are important causes of mental retardation, and recent years have seen important progress in the identification of the genes involved in X-linked mental retardation (XLMR).

Scientists have discovered a biological process in brain cell development that may help explain some causes of mental retardation. This understanding may one day help other researchers develop ...

Another proposed change to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is raising concerns, this time involving the new definition and relabeling of mental retardation. There are already ...

An adult with mental retardation who commits a murder should be held legally accountable (assuming the retardation is not so profound as to render him or her incompetent to stand trial). But ...

Intellectual disability is a developmental delay that is significantly below average compared to peers, in terms of intelligence and adaptive skills. The American Association on Intellectual and ...

Mental retardation is defined as a disability characterized by “significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour as expressed in conceptual, social and practical ...

Almost two years ago, in a case brought on behalf of Daryl R. Atkins, a Virginia death-row inmate with an I.Q. of 59, the United States Supreme Court banned the execution of the mentally retarded. But ...