Diagnosis of ‘Imbecility’: A 24-Year Follow-Up

Synopsis: A follow-up study carried out on a group of 18 children diagnosed as imbeciles, orginally studied by Bourne (1955). They were a sub-sample of the two groups he identified - those with organic aetiology and a similar residual group without organic signs whose SSN status he attributed in some cases to pathological mothering. These 18 subjects were of special interest because a film (SOCIAL RESPONSES IN IMBECILES - incorporated in full in this video) made of their behaviour in a simple social encounter, made in 1957, was available. The follow-up was made in 1981, 24 years after the first film record, when the patients were in their late twenties and early thirties. A recorded interview was obtained with sixteen of these patients.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.
Year of production: 1982
Availability: Sale
Documentation: An accompanying booklet gives case material and the background to the study. The main conclusions are given in sufficient detail to allow those with an established professional interest in subnormality to make use of the study,
Uses: Doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers and their students.
Subjects: Psychiatry
Keywords: case histories; medical diagnosis; mentally handicapped people

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