How to treat mental retardation in teenagers

Nowadays, there are many people in life who have intellectual disabilities due to congenital or other reasons, which has a great impact on their life and study. Especially for teenagers with low intelligence, they need treatment as soon as possible so that they can resume normal life. So how to treat intellectual disability in teenagers? This is what many friends want to know. Let me give you a brief introduction below.

How to treat mental retardation in teenagers?

1. Treatment of the cause

For those whose causes have been identified, such as chronic disease, poisoning, long-term malnutrition, hearing or vision impairment, efforts should be made to eliminate the cause as much as possible so that their intelligence can be partially or completely restored. Children with endocrine and metabolic abnormalities such as hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria should be diagnosed early and receive thyroid hormone replacement or special diet therapy for phenylketonuria to improve their intelligence level. Intellectual retardation caused by social, psychological and cultural reasons can be improved by changing the environmental conditions, allowing them to live in a friendly and harmonious family, and strengthening their education.

2. Training and rehabilitation

Through the application of medical, social, educational and vocational training measures, patients are trained according to their age and the severity of their intellectual disability to achieve the highest possible intellectual level.

As early as possible, children with the disease should receive long-term comprehensive education and training in organized institutions (such as nurseries and kindergartens). It is best to care for the sick child together with normal children, which is more beneficial than caring for them separately. Special classes or schools are set up to improve physical health, train daily living skills and language functions, and simple cultural learning. The establishment of work medical stations can, on the one hand, train production skills for adolescent patients and, on the other hand, guarantee employment. Special hospitals and sanatoriums (villages) can also be set up to admit people with moderate or above intellectual disabilities.

The above is a brief introduction on how to treat juvenile mental retardation. I hope it can help everyone. For special children, the earlier the intervention treatment, the greater the chance of recovery. No matter what the disease is, the earlier the treatment, the better the effect. Therefore, everyone should be clear about this point and treat teenagers with intellectual disability as early as possible.