Severe Combined Immune Deficiency : Early Hospitalisation and Isolation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vickers, Peter S.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Subjects:	Severe combined immunodeficiency > Patients > Hospital care > Psychological aspects. Immunological deficiency syndromes in children > Patients > Hospital care > Psychological aspects. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency > psychology. Child, Hospitalized > psychology. Child. Family > psychology. Patient Isolation > psychology. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction to the family
Background to the study on children with SCID and their families
Severe combined immunodeficiency, a brief overview
Effects of early hospitalisation on children
The effects of isolation and bone marrow transplantation on the child and family
Children's perceptions of illness and death
Stressors and coping mechanisms
Psychosocial effects on the children
Anger, aggression, and antisocial behaviour in children
Neurotic and depressive behaviour in children
Psychosocial effects on the family
Attachment and alienation
Post-traumatic stress disorder and children
Post-traumatic stress disorder in families.