Question

New name of mental retardation according to American Association of Mental Retardation

• A. Feeble Mindedness
• B. Madness
• C. Intellectual disability
• D. Mentally unstable

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Modern psychiatric nomenclature moved away from mental retardation toward a less stigmatising label.
Step 2: Both DSM-5 and the renamed American association now use the term intellectual disability (also called intellectual developmental disorder).
Step 3: Rule out the rest - feeble mindedness is a discarded historical grade, while madness and mentally unstable are colloquial, non-diagnostic words.
Step 4: The single accepted replacement term is intellectual disability.
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