2001
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.00030.x
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Psychological impact of liver transplantation on children's inner worlds

Abstract: We carried out an in-depth evaluation of psychosocial status in a sample of 18 children (mean age 6.8 yr, range 4.4-10.8 yr) who had suffered from severe liver disease and undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Mean age at OLT was 3.4 yr. The assessment was psychoanalytically oriented and included individual sessions and testing procedures for children--the Children Apperception Test (CAT), the Weschsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R), the Weschsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intellige… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3

Citation Types

1
32
0
14

Year Published

2001
2001
2019
2019

Publication Types

Select...
7

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 46 publications
(47 citation statements)
references
References 29 publications
1
32
0
14
Order By: Relevance
“…[1][2][3] Depression appears to be the most prevalent psychiatric complication of OLT in adults, 1,2,4,5 whereas problems with important relationships is the most frequent psychological reaction in pediatric patients; 4 however, anxiety and depressive feelings are also common among children and adolescents. 6 To our knowledge, this case is the first report of suicidal behavior in a pediatric OLT patient. A report somewhat similar to the case described an 11-year-old girl with worsening dependency problems and emotional instability following liver transplantation for biliary atresia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…[1][2][3] Depression appears to be the most prevalent psychiatric complication of OLT in adults, 1,2,4,5 whereas problems with important relationships is the most frequent psychological reaction in pediatric patients; 4 however, anxiety and depressive feelings are also common among children and adolescents. 6 To our knowledge, this case is the first report of suicidal behavior in a pediatric OLT patient. A report somewhat similar to the case described an 11-year-old girl with worsening dependency problems and emotional instability following liver transplantation for biliary atresia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Isto ocorreu, provavelmente, pelo fato do tema mobilizar sentimentos persecutórios e culpa, assim como sentimento de dívida com o doador (Gritti et al, 2001;Masi & Brovedani, 1999;Wise, 2002). Além da dificuldade de falar sobre o doador, o assunto do transplante, segundo Gritti et al (2001), também tende a ficar freqüentemente ausente da comunicação entre a criança e os pais. No presente estudo apenas alguns genitores tiveram esta postura por acreditar que os filhos não entenderiam tais informações.…”
Section: Discussão Geralunclassified
“…Outros, diferentemente do que aponta a literatura, procuravam conversar com as crianças e explicar tudo que estava acontecendo, na tentativa de auxiliar na adaptação à situação vivida. Desta forma, evitaram que o tema do transplante se tornasse um tabu, o que, segundo alguns autores (Anton, 2006;Gritti et al, 2001), teria conseqüências negativas, ao tornar o processo silencioso e solitário para a criança, dificultando a elaboração psíquica da experiência de doença crônica e transplante. Cabe ressaltar que esta diferença na atitude dos pais desse estudo, talvez possa ter se dado em função da influência da equipe de psicologia que têm destacado, nos atendimentos psicológicos que realizam sistematicamente, a importância da comunicação com estas famí-lias e das famílias entre si e com a criança.…”
Section: Discussão Geralunclassified
See 2 more Smart Citations