Verma Rohit, Mina Shaily, Sachdeva Ankur
Department of Psychiatry, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Pediatr Neurosci. 2014 Jan;9(1):60-2. doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.131491.
Mental retardation (MR) deems an individual more vulnerable to psychopathologies. The individual may develop an array of behavioral disturbances manifesting themselves in the form of aggressive and destructive conduct, violent fits of anger, stereotyped, or self-injuring behavior. Self-injurious behavior is heterogeneous in nature ranging from mild to severe variant. We report a case of a 7-year-old boy with MR with self-inflicted severe oral injuries of cannibalistic nature presenting as cleft lip and palate. A more extensive research is needed on the problem behaviors in mentally retarded patients for early detection and effective and timely intervention leading to a better outcome.
智力迟钝（MR）使个体更容易患上精神疾病。该个体可能会出现一系列行为障碍，表现为攻击性和破坏性的行为、愤怒的暴力发作、刻板行为或自我伤害行为。自我伤害行为本质上具有异质性，从轻度到重度不等。我们报告了一例7岁患有智力迟钝的男孩，他有自我造成的严重的类似食人性质的口腔损伤，表现为唇腭裂。对于智力迟钝患者的问题行为，需要进行更广泛的研究，以便早期发现并进行有效及时的干预，从而取得更好的结果。
