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Family adaptation to the child with cystic fibrosis.
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Characteristics of family adaptation to the illnesses of 65 children with cystic fibrosis have been examined and certain phase-specific responses of the developing child to his disease which produce management crises are described.About:
This article is published in The Journal of Pediatrics.The article was published on 1970-10-01. It has received 97 citations till now.read more
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Long-Term Physical Illness in Childhood: A Challenge to Psychosocial Adaptation
TL;DR: The common forms of emotional stress experienced by the child with a long-term illness and by his parents are reviewed and the major adaptational techniques enabling the sick child and his family to achieve a satisfactory psychosocial adaptation are described.
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Mental Health and Psychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Comparison with Children having Other Chronic Illnesses and with Healthy Children
TL;DR: Psychiatric disorders and behaviour problems were found to be commoner in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in matched comparison groups with tension headache and diabetes as well as in healthy children.
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Psychiatric Disorder in Children with Physical Disabilities
TL;DR: The unique feature of severe psychopathology secondary to physical disorder was marked social isolation accompanied by a low level of aggressive behavior outside the home.
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Familial coping with chronic and severe childhood illness: The case of cystic fibrosis
TL;DR: It is suggested that professionals providing support to families facing chronic hardships could strengthen continuous familial interaction by encouraging familial sharing of the burdens of the stressful situation and promoting familial ability to endow the illness situation with a personally significant meaning.
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Psychological Perspectives in Chronic Childhood Illness
TL;DR: To facilitate their work, psychologists must grapple with a complex and unfamiliar body of knowledge, including the physical aspects of disease as well as the psychological assessment, clinical intervention, and research methods uniquely suited to chronic illness populations.
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Behavioral observations on parents anticipating the death of a child
TL;DR: Clinical impressions gained over a 2-year period while this study of the adrenal cortical response under conditions of chronic psychological stress are concerned and the implication of these findings to physicians caring for children with similar diseases is considered.
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Psychological impact of cancer and its treatment. III. The adaptation of mothers to the threatened loss of their children through leukemia: Part I
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Impact of cystic fibrosis on family functioning.
TL;DR: The need for the total family to have an understanding and awareness of CF and to share such knowledge with one another is pointed up; that all problems of the family have to be considered and not just those of the CF child; and that help from other professional people should be utilized along with sources of the community.
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Psychological implications of cystic fibrosis
TL;DR: In this study, the necessity of psychiatric consultation as an integral part of current intensive treatment programs in cystic fibrosis clinics was demonstrated.
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Psychologic considerations in the management of deaths on pediatric hospital services. I. The doctor and the child's family.
Albert J. Solnit,Morris Green +1 more
TL;DR: The aid given by the physician to the family of a child who dies in the hospital begins before that event and continues after it, where the physician establishes himself as one who will help them endure the crisis for which they are preparing.