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In the area of Cesena, Italy, the prevalence of epilepsy was about 3/1,000 among the 13,000 children of school age, 6-14 years. Only half the epileptic pupils had a normal scholastic record. One-third were in special classes, nearly all because of mental retardation due either to birth injury or to damage in infancy. The others (17%) were behind by one or more classes, mainly because of a depressive reaction owing (in half of the intelligent epileptics) mainly to classmates' fear of seizures and to the hostility of classmates' parents after the pupil had a grand mal seizure in school. Teachers had usually not learned how to manage either seizures in the classroom or the problems of pupils with epilepsy.
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PMID:Record in grade school of pupils with epilepsy: an epidemiological study. 82 93

This article is a review of the results of empirical research concerning reactive depression in children with mild mental retardation. The reactive depression is understood as a childs' reaction to important losses. The author presents a review concerning epidemiology and symptomatology of dystimic disorders in children with mental retardation. The article shows similarities and differences in manifestation of reactive depression in children with mild mental retardation and children without mental retardation.
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PMID:[Depressive disorders in mentally retarded children. A review of selected literature. Part II]. 865 Feb 83