King B H, State M W, Shah B, Davanzo P, Dykens E
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Dec;36(12):1656-63. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199712000-00013.
To review the literature over the past decade on mental retardation, particularly as regards its definition, prevalence, major causes, and associated mental disorders.
A computerized search was performed for articles published in the past decade, and selected papers were highlighted.
The study of mental retardation has benefited considerably by advances in medicine generally and by developments in molecular neurobiology in particular. Increasing awareness of psychiatric comorbidity in the context of intellectual disability highlights the need for studies of the phenomenology and treatment of mental disorders in this population.
Although the study of developmental disorders has advanced significantly over the past decade, considerable work remains. Mental retardation is a model for the utility of the biopsychosocial approach in medicine.
回顾过去十年间有关智力迟钝的文献，尤其涉及其定义、患病率、主要病因及相关精神障碍。
对过去十年发表的文章进行计算机检索，并突出显示所选论文。
医学的总体进步，尤其是分子神经生物学的发展，使智力迟钝的研究受益匪浅。在智力残疾背景下对精神疾病共病的认识不断提高，凸显了对该人群精神障碍的现象学和治疗进行研究的必要性。
尽管发育障碍的研究在过去十年中有了显著进展，但仍有大量工作要做。智力迟钝是生物心理社会医学方法实用性的一个范例。
