April 8, 2010
Assessing Children and Adolescents with Developmental, Intellectual, and Mental Health Issues
Myra M. Kamran, Deputy Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Services, at the Illinois DHS Division of Mental Health, gave a presentation titled Assessing
Children and Adolescents with Developmental, Intellectual, and Mental Health Issues. This report is in PowerPoint slideshow format. Some of the main highlights
of her presentation include: psychiatric definitions, information about mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorders, autism, OCD, ASD, and PDD. Also
included in the report is a comparison of mental retardation and autism, treatment for autism, behavioral therapy, and data on hospitalizations surrounding
disorders mentioned in presentation

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