Situation of Mental Disability and Rehabilitaion Needs in Hebei Province ZHAO Zhi-hang, FENG Chao / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To investigate the situation of mental disability in Hebei province. Methods Based on the survey of the Second National Disabled Sample in Hebei province, the data of mental disability were analysed, including the morbidity, severity, causes, and the service and demand. Results The morbidity of mental disability was higher in the countryside than that in the city (χ2=364.24, P<0.01). The severity of the disabled was more in level 3 or 4 than in level 1 and 2 (χ2=221.16, P<0.01). The genetic disease and brain disease were the major causes to the mental disability. The service did not meet the demand. Conclusion The mental disability was more in the countryside than in the city, with severity of mild to moderate.

Intelligence Disability: Conception, Epidemiology, and Rehabilitation (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

@#This paper reviewed the developments of the conception, epidemiology of intelligence disability, and discussed the classification and rehabilitation.

Toward the Positive Psychology of Mental Retardation(review) / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Researchers have long focused on the adaptive behavior,quality of life,dual diagnosis,personality motivation and families of persons with mental retardation,but failed to address virtue and well-being.Unlike even a decade ago,we can now well afford to turn the emphasis to the positive,internal states of those with mental retardation.Using the breakthroughs in positive psychology,these findings such as positive trait or positive experience,can proposes a new research agenda to mental retardation.Mental retardation can play an important role in positive psychology,but it needs the research and data support in future.

Person Centred Planning for People with Intellectual Disabilities(review) / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Person Centred Planning(PCP) is a life planning approach designed for individuals with disabilities to increase their self-determination ability and improve their independence,which contains some commonly used methods,such as Personal Futures Planning,MAPS,Essential Lifestyle Planning,Whole Life Planning and Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope(PATH).It pursues social inclusion and designed to enable people to choose their own supports and services,by reflecting of the individual's personal communication mechanisms and assisting them to outline their needs,wishes and goals,rather than attempting to fit with the existed service systems.However,in the process,some people often adopt the form of this planning approach without the philosophical content.The complete solution of this problem need the active cooperation of relevant agencies even the entire community.