PubMed Abstract of study by Pediatric Clinic, Mersin University School of Medicine Research and Administration Hospital, Turkey - Difficulties experienced by families with disabled children
PubMed Abstract 2006 study, Boston college, MA, examines the contribution of the marital relationship to the well being of both mothers and fathers of children with developmental disabilities.
PubMed Abstract of Arizona Study assessing Resilience and the course of daily parenting stress in families of young children with intellectual disabilities
Study of effects of prenatal nicotine exposture by the Instatute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Study design provides a model for the impact of prenatal exposure to nicotine at blood levels comparable with those in medium and heavy smokers. There were marked developmental and behavioural deficits induced in the offspring of nicotine-exposed female rats
PubMed Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To thoroughly examine the literature dealing with life expectancy in children with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. This review paper comprehensively reviews the literature relating to survival in children with cerebral palsy and developmental disability. CONCLUSIONS: Literature review definitively shows that children with CP and DD have a diminished life expectancy, which can be assessed based on simple clinical examination findings.