OLIGOPHRENIA (literally, “small mentality”)
OLIGOPHRENIA (literally, “small mentality”) Oligophrenia is a historical diagnostic term used extensively in psychiatry and psychology, primarily throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, to denote a state of intellectual disability or significantly impaired cognitive functioning. The term itself is derived from the Greek words “oligos,” meaning small or few, and “phren,” meaning mind or […]