The Orthopedically Handicapped Child

Schechter, Marshall D.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710090033004

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“…Compared with adults, children have fewer psychological mechanisms at their disposal for coping with the emotional stress, and the coping mechanisms are age dependent. Denial, isolation, regression, and escaping into fantasies are common ego defenses used by children of all ages (Lussier ( ), Schecter (1961). Older children can also use cognitive functions.…”

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Psychiatric disorder in children with birth anomalies

Sandberg

1976

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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A group of 273 children and adolescents, aged 8 to 19 years, who had been treated for a congenital malformation during their 1st month of life, were studied using psychiatric interviews with the child and at least one of his parents. The child was also given a Wechsler intelligence test. The rate of psychopathological disturbance was as high as 49% (the classification used included organic brain disorder and mental retardation). Developmental deviations, psychoneurotic disorder and reactive disorder were the commonest types of disturbance (in 18, 17, and 11% respectively). Eleven percent were suffering from organic brain disorder and 8% had an IQ of no more than 50. The malformed children were compared with 509 children from the general population in terms of behaviour disturbance as rated by their teacher. Approximately one child in five in both groups presented behaviour problems, and behaviour was labelled as antisocial in 10% of children in both groups. The two groups of children did not differ significantly in regard to the family's social class, annual income, father's educational background, or the number of children in the family, but the parents of the malformed children had recieved psychiatric treatment more often than the control group parents.

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Psychiatric disorder in children with birth anomalies

Sandberg

1976

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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“…Less attention has been paid to identify those factors that can help explaining variation in the self-concept among disabled adolescents (Specht et al 1998 (and a high incidence of depression) among physically disabled young people (Schechter 1961;Glaser, Harrison & Lynn 1964). More recent research (Harvey & Greenway 1984;Varni et al 1989;Lawrence 1991) also finds that this group of young people have a poorer self-concept than other young people.…”

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Do disabled adolescents view themselves differently from other young people?

Grue¹,

Heiberg²

2000

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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“…The relevant literature has most recently been reviewed by Peters (1978). She finds that studies of sick children by Beverely (1936), Richter (1943), Dubo (1950), Brazelton et al (1953), Gips (1956), Schechter (1961), Lynn et al (1962), Rutter (1969), Smith (1973) and Peters (1975) all point to the conclusion that many sick children perceive their illness as a form of punishment for their own wrong-doing. Only work by Goffman et al (1957) stands in contradiction to these conclusions.…”

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Communicating With Sick and Hospitalised Children

Eiser

1984

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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This paper is concerned with preparing paediatric patients for hospitalisation. It is concluded that most work has focused on children requiring short-stay hospitalisation for minor surgery. All of the main techniques in use (pamphlets, video or pre-admission nursing contact) appear more beneficial to the patient and family than routine care, but no method is superior. Little attempt has been made to modify the technique according to the age of the child. It is suggested that greater benefits to the child might occur where information about illness is made appropriate to the child's cognitive level. The implications of developmental changes in children's beliefs about health and illness for such education are discussed.

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The Orthopedically Handicapped Child

Cited by 24 publications

References 9 publications

Psychiatric disorder in children with birth anomalies

Psychiatric disorder in children with birth anomalies

Do disabled adolescents view themselves differently from other young people?

Communicating With Sick and Hospitalised Children

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