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  • 51Fuck the Facts discography — Infobox Artist Discography Artist = Fuck the Facts Caption = Fuck the Facts performing live in 2007. Studio = 8 EP = 2 Live = 1 Compilation = 1 Video = Music videos = 4 Tribute = Option = Option name = EPs and other releases Option link = EPs and …

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  • 52Institutions for the mentally disabled — This is a list of historic institutions for the mentally disabled.Canada*Child and Parent Resource Institute, London, OntarioUnited States*Walter E. Fernald State School, 1848 *Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded, Perkins Institute for the …

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  • 53Jackson v. Indiana — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Jackson v. Indiana ArgueDate=November 18 ArgueYear=1971 DecideDate=June 7 DecideYear=1972 FullName=Theon Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972) Certioriari to the Supreme Court of Indiana No. 70 5009 USVol=406 USPage=… …

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  • 54History of psychiatric institutions — Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya s masterpieces, such as The Madhouse (above). The story of the rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric… …

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  • 55Syracuse State School — Syracuse State Idiot Asylum on Wilbur Avenue in Syracuse, New York about 1855 The Syracuse State School was a residential facility in Syracuse, New York for mentally disabled children and adults. Founded in 1851 in Albany, New York as the New… …

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  • 56moron — (n.) 1910, medical Latin, from Greek (Attic) moron, neuter of moros foolish, dull, sluggish, stupid, probably cognate with Skt. murah idiotic. Latin morus foolish is a loan word from Greek. Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the …

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  • 57dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …

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  • 58Imbecile — Im be*cile, a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imb[ e]cile.] Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane. Syn: Weak;… …

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  • 59half-witted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unintelligent, foolish, feeble minded, moronic; mentally retarded. See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. moronic, imbecilic, mentally deficient; see ignorant 2 , stupid 1 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 60Mental Retardation —    (See also Autism.)    Mental retardation (MR) was once in the province of psychiatry, but even though the diagnosis continues to be included in DSM, the condition has now largely passed into the hands of pediatrics. MR is defined by three… …

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