1Associate Prof., Department of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, W.B.
2Residential Medical Officer Cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Psychiatry, N.R.S Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
3Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
4Residential Medical Officer Cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Psychiatry, N.R.S Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
5Prof. & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author: Somsubhra Chatterjee, 145, Raja Peary Mohan Road, Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Pin-712258, Ph: +91 9836145175, E mail: somsubhra.chatterjee@gmail.com
Online published on 23 January, 2014.
Epidemiological surveys indicate that up to two thirds of children and adults with mental retardation has comorbid mental disorders; this rate is several times higher than that in the community samples of those not mentally retarded (1). Few studies have been employed to focus on the possible causes of the above findings. To investigate into the CT Scan brain of mentally retarded with comorbid psychiatric disorder. Patients, presenting with mental retardation with comorbid psychiatric disorder, are investigated for abnormal computed tomographic brain scan and then CT brain scan findings are analyzed. 63.33% of mentally retarded with comorbid psychiatric disorder showed abnormal CT brain scan. Among the abnormal CT brain scan, 63.15% showed lesion in the parietal region and of them left sided parietal lesion (66.66%) was more than right sided lesion (33.33%).
Mental retardation, Psychiatric disorders, CT Scan Brain
