Borderline Intellectual Functioning
The term borderline intellectual functioning describes a group of people who function on the border between normal intellectual functioning and intellectual disability, between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean on the normal curve of the distribution of intelligence, roughly an IQ between 70 and 85.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W025
Diagnosis: (Borderline) Intellectual Disability
US Patients: US2-3%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: Age5
Brain Area:
Symptoms: (IQ below 70.) includes Down Syndrome; may learn like others up to age 12
Progression:
Causes: Trisomy 21-3 sets of the 21st chromosome 21 produces intellectual difficulties
Medications: None
Therapies: Behavioral training, group-home living and sheltered workshops.
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- Processing ambiguity in a social situation: A developmental and comparative study between a neurotypical population and a population with mild intellectual developmental disorder or borderline intellectual functioningby Kaëlig Raspail on January 20, 2025
CONCLUSION: These advances are discussed in relation to current clinical remediation therapies and new exploration methods.
- Exploring the Role of FICD, a New Potential Gene Involved in Borderline Intellectual Functioning, Psychological and Metabolic Disordersby Mirella Vinci on January 8, 2025
Background/Objectives: AMPylation is a post-translational modification involving the transfer of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to target proteins, serving as a critical regulatory mechanism in cellular functions. This study aimed to expand the phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations in the FICD gene, which encodes an adenyltransferase enzyme involved in both AMPylation and deAMPylation. Methods: A clinical evaluation was conducted on a patient presenting...
- The Psychiatrist and patients with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioningby J Voeten-van de Louw on January 3, 2025
CONCLUSION: How psychiatrists experience the provision of care to patients with MID/BIF is influenced by psychological processes such as stigmatization and transference phenomena. These processes are primarily unconscious. Awareness of these processes and their role in the contact between psychiatrist and patients in this group is needed to improve their care.
- ARID1B-related disorder in 87 adults: Natural history and self-sustainabilityby P J van der Sluijs on December 13, 2024
CONCLUSION: The ARID1B spectrum is broad, and as patients age, there is a significant shift in the medical aspects requiring attention. To address the changing medical needs with increasing age, we have formulated recommendations to promote timely intervention in an attempt to mitigate disease progression.