title: Burns are different: the child psychiatrist on the pediatric burns ward.
abstract: This article is written from the dual perspective of a child psychiatrist, consultant to a burn unit, who also happens to have suffered burns to his hands and face as the result of a car accident in 1976. One of its central themes is that burns are different from other surgical conditions. The role of the child psychiatrist as a consultant to a pediatric burn unit is explored and illustrated with clinical vignettes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003253:Consultants; D003693:Delirium / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation