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MeSH Heading: Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Tree Number(s): M01.150.600
Unique ID: D019989
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019989
Scope Note: Persons diagnosed as having significantly lower than average intelligence and considerable problems in adapting to everyday life or lacking independence in regard to activities of daily living.
Entry Term(s): Intellectually Disabled Persons; Mentally Disabled; Mentally Disabled Persons; Mentally Handicapped; Mentally Retarded; Persons with Intellectual Disability; Persons with Mental Disabilities
See Also: Intellectual Disability
Public MeSH Note: 2025; was PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES 1998-2024
History Note: 2025 (1998)
Entry Combination: education:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/30

Entry Combination: education:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0029697
Scope Note: Persons diagnosed as having significantly lower than average intelligence and considerable problems in adapting to everyday life or lacking independence in regard to activities of daily living.
Terms: Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Preferred Term
Term UI T001141827
Date12/31/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Intellectually Disabled Persons
Term UI T001010378
Date03/17/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Mentally Disabled
Term UI T059600
Date04/07/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1974); Mentally Disabled Persons
Term UI T059599
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Mentally Handicapped
Term UI T059598
Date04/07/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Mentally Retarded
Term UI T059597
Date04/07/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1974); Persons with Intellectual Disability
Term UI T001010377
Date03/17/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Persons with Mental Disabilities
Term UI T001080044
Date05/11/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities MeSH Descriptor Data 2025