In conjunction with Dr. Leonard Kurland of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the birth records and school records of all Olmstead County residents born in-1960 and 1961 will be reviewed. All persons with mental retardation will be identified from these sources. Mental retardation (MR) is defined for the purpose of this study, as a fixed cognitive deficit which occurred before age 12 with some impairment of social adaptation. In addition to the specification of the incidence and identification of risk factors for MR in this birth cohort, service utilization by the MR cases will be assessed. Specific services which will be assessed will include medical (psychiatric, neurologic, gynecologic, and surgical), social (group homes, sheltered workshops, and rehabilitative programs), and educational (special program or projects and institutional placements). The long-term follow-up of the """"""""9-3"""""""" mentally retarded child will be described and mechanism for prediction of functional level in adulthood will be investigated.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01NS002654-05
Application #
3901563
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
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United States
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