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Intellectual disability has been recognized perhaps longer than anything else we currently study in psychiatry and psychology (Berkson, 2004; Tylenda, Hooper, & Barrett, 1987). However, the term intellectual disability (ID) is relatively new. It replaces the previous and long-used term mental retardation (MR).

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    Barbara Tylenda Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Rowland P. Barrett Ph.D. & Henry T. Sachs III M.D.

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Tylenda, B., Barrett, R.P., Sachs, H.T. (2014). Intellectual Disability. In: Lewis, M., Rudolph, K. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9608-3_34

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