[Effect of parent attitudes on the development of psychomotor disorders in epileptic children].
The authors studied the problem of parental attitudes assuming that in epilepsy, besides the coexistent CNS damage, the intensity and frequency of convulsive seizures, and the mode and duration of treatment which influence the functions of the child, the attitude of the parents is also very important. In the studied material of 272 cases (146 boys and 126 girls) treated in the psychiatric department and out-patient clinic in the Institute of Paediatrics, Medical Academy in Warsaw for at least 3 years three main patterns of parental attitude towards the epileptic child have been recognized: 1. overprotective attitude (58%). 2. inconsistent attitude (32%). 3. rejecting attitude (8%). Depending on these attitudes certain disturbances of psychomotor development manifested themselves or intensified, mainly in the form abnormal development of emotions and cognitive functions as well as social adaptation. In the conclusions the authors stress the widespread occurrence of incorrect parental attitudes and the necessity of psychotherapeutic influence on the parents.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
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