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Prevalence of mental disability in the general population-roughly two percent– is significantly high. It is likely even higher in broad sectors in developing countries primarily due to both deficient perinatal care as well as malnutrition and exposure to toxic environmental pollutants at critical times of brain development during early childhood. This figure suggests that mental disability is a problem of great importance not only for public health but for countless other social concerns, such as education, employment and human rights, as well as for those issues that may seemingly be distant from this problem such as judicial or economical matters.