[Personal experience of adolescents with a brain-injured parent: preliminary study]. / Vécu des adolescents dont l'un des parents est cérébrolésé: étude préliminaire.
Ann Readapt Med Phys
; 48(9): 650-61, 2005 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the impact of brain injury of a parent on adolescent behavioural and emotional symptoms and personal experience. PATIENTS ANDSETTING:
Eleven adolescents from 13 to 18 years old with a brain-injured parent with cognitive impairment. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Multiple case report. Assessment of anxiety and depression on the R-CMAS scale and the BDI. Qualitative analysis of a semi-structured interview and of the family drawing.RESULTS:
Pathological scores on the R-CMAS scale involved 36% of the cases and the BDI, 45%. Impulsivity involved 36% of cases, difficulties in learning at school 73%, and somatic symptoms 45%. Feeling of loneliness involved 64% of cases and difficulty for the adolescent to speak about feelings in the family 82%. The symbolic position of the brain-injured parent was maintained in all cases. In 45% of cases, the parent was unable to recognize the adolescent, and in 55%, some characteristics of the adolescent were linked to the illness of the parent. A feeling of insecurity pervaded all cases. The family drawing revealed abnormalities in the bodily representation of the family members, especially a lack of hands or a representation of amputated hands in 91% of the cases and unsteadiness of the family members, also represented as ghosts in 82% of cases.CONCLUSION:
Living with a brain-injured parent increases depression disorders, a feeling of loneliness and insecurity in adolescents. The inability for the adolescent to recognize parent's personality and the identification with caracteristics of the parent due to the illness is worrying. Abnormalities in the bodily representation of the family members and their unsteadiness are characteristic signs.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Padres
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Lesiones Encefálicas
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Salud de la Familia
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Psicología del Adolescente
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Trastornos del Conocimiento
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Ann Readapt Med Phys
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA FISICA
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article