title: Working with facially disfigured children: a challenge in prevention.
abstract: This paper reviews the growing literature on the psychology of appearance and outlines prevention principles for working with facially disfigured children, based on 15 years of psychiatric consultation to a major pediatric craniofacial team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Arndt
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*