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The term culture-bound syndrome denotes recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV diagnostic category. Many of these patterns are indigenously considered to be "illnesses," or at least afflictions, and most have local names.
Some symptoms that a child with intellectual disability might show are continued infant-like behavior, a lack of curiosity, the inability to meet educational demands, learning ability that is below average, and the failure to meet developmentally appropriate intellectual goals.
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In a 130-page report on the condition, commissioned by the government and published in 2006, a team of psychologists, political scientists and sociologists hypothesized that it was a culture-bound syndrome, a psychological illness endemic to a specific society. [50]
Chiasmal syndrome; Chilaiditi syndrome; Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome; CHILD syndrome; childhood myelodysplastic syndrome; Childhood tumor syndrome; Chinese Restaurant Syndrome; Chromosomal deletion syndrome; Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic functional abdominal pain
Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in "language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living". [1]
Many of the terms such as mental illness and psychopathology were used to describe adults with such conditions. [8] Mental illness was a label for most people with any type of disorder and it was common for people with emotional and behavioral disorders to be labeled with a mental illness. [9]