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Developmental damage

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Developmental damage
A term that some therapists prefer to personality disorder, on the grounds that it is more respectful of the patient's capacity for growth and change.
Mentioned in: Personality Disorders


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is under scrutiny by environmental organizations and scientists for its ubiquity in the blood and breastmilk of American women, as well as for its ability to cause developmental damage in laboratory animals.
Studies show that other neurotoxins, especially polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have caused developmental damage in children whose mothers regularly ate fish from polluted rivers and lakes.
And, as Utiger stresses, in the case of developing fetuses and infants, iodine deficiency can cause intellectual retardation and permanent neurological and developmental damage.
 
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