Working with facially disfigured children: a challenge in prevention.
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.
Lefebvre
A M
AM
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
Arndt
E M
EM
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*