Psychotherapy of the Mentally Retarded

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Abstract
Some types of the mentally retarded need psychotherapy included in an effective treatment program, and such therapy may be prescribed by their physicians. Accumulated knowledge reveals that the retarded comprise a conglomerate of etiologies and conditions, which require individualized comprehensive remedial plans. These youngsters have the same emotional conflicts, frustration, and guilt feelings as do normals, usually with less ability to correlate experiences and resist flattening feelings of failure. They need opportunities for relative successes. Some case illustrations are included, with special reference to psychotherapeutic processes. In those children with primary or secondary emotional problems, psychotherapy, supportive or deep, is not a holistic remedy. However, it may represent the difference between some degree of community adjustment and protected institutional living or hospital refuge. Long experience indicates the need for coordinated work with the parents.

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