Mongolism: A Follow-Up Study of Ten Families of Mongoloid Children Who Received Group Counseling Between 1961 and 1963, at the Clinic for Mentally Retarded Children, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, New York
Abstract
In the overall field of mental retardation, mongolism holds a rather unique position. the first place, it represents one of the largest groups that can be categorized, making up about ten percent of all institutionalized mental defectives. Secondly, it is one of the very few conditions that can be diagnosed at birth? The study of mongolism as a separate pathological entity has been a focus of scientific interest since 1866 when J. Langdon Down, a British physician, first used the term "mongolism" and described the condition.
Subject Area
School counseling|Social work
Recommended Citation
Barnes, Betty Jo, "Mongolism: A Follow-Up Study of Ten Families of Mongoloid Children Who Received Group Counseling Between 1961 and 1963, at the Clinic for Mentally Retarded Children, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, New York" (1964). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30613173.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30613173
