Volume 2 Issue 6, June, 2012
❌ Only neurological disorders are present in Mental Retardation & Psychiatric disorders are absent.
✅ Psychiatric disorders are common in Mental retardation along with neurological disorders.
❌ Medications Patients with Mental retardation do not have depression and they cannot express it.
✅ Patients with Mental retardation can have depression as co‐morbid condition and they can express it.
❌ Medications can be harmful & so should not be used to treat psychiatric disorders in Mental retardation.
✅ Medications can be used safely at lower dosage and by monitoring for adverse effects in patients with mental retardation with co‐morbid psychiatric disorders.
❌ It is dangerous to use ECT in patients with Mental retardation for psychiatric disorders.
✅ When indications for ECT are met and necessary evaluation are done, Mental retardation is not an contraindication for ECT.
By Naveen, 6th Term, AIMS
