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Psychosocial Impacts On Parents Of Mentally Challenged Children At Mangaluru, Sooraj Kookal Mr

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Intellectually disabled children upset the mental, physical, social, and financial outlooks of the family in terms of their rearing and future. The support systems surrounding the parents of mentally retarded children play a vital role to lessen the burden associated with their special child. This study brings up some light on the psycho-social impacts on parents of Mentally challenged children who were attending special schools at Mangaluru. Objective: The main objective of the study was to assess the psychosocial impacts on parents of mentally challenged children. Further, to find the association between the psychosocial impact on …