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What are mental retardation characteristics
My sister is behaving in a very weird way from past some weeks. She was met with a car accident 4 months ago. She's not able to grab things as she could before the accident. She doesn't talk to us properly but when she talks, she stammers while talking. I don't know what should I do to help her. People say that she's is acting mad. If so, then are these mental retardation characteristics? If yes, then how can I make my sister normal again?
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Mental retardation is the milestone developmental delay. If your sister was normal in her mental development such as mortar development and normal intellectual functions to her age till the accident,the present behavioral changes may be due to the damege occurred after the accident. However it requires a detailed assessment by a neuro psychologist.You can consult me through practo
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It is not mental retardation. What she might be experiencing is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Kindly consult a Clinical Psychologist and get a detailed evaluation done. Following which therapy sessions will begin.
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Mr. Sidharth Mishra
Psychologist
6 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Not mental retardation. You need to take your sister to a neurologist or a neuro psychiatrist as soon as possible there may be some issues that came about with that accident that you are talking about. Please make sure after seeing the doctor talk to a local. Counsellor
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Ms. Hema Sampath
Counselling Psychologist
18 yrs exp
Bangalore
I believe, she would have had proper treatment post her accident.
I think her scan reports were all normal.
After all those, if she still behaves like that, consult a neurologist with all those reports.
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