Psychological aspects of burns.
From September 1980 to April 1985 143 cases were monitored by means of a battery of psychodiagnostic tests and questionnaires. We introduced the scoring of 4 behaviour 'clusters' on a five-point scale expressing different behaviour levels. Burns have proven to be somatopsychic disorders. A relation has been found with the imperative generation of the denial mechanism in persons whose burns are of a more serious nature. Research into the psyche of patients with disfigurement of a visible part of the body has shown that it causes the disintegration of the body schema and alters the burned individual's self-representation. The 'disfigured face syndrome' is compared with the 'character neurosis' in burn patients.
Burn Centre of the Plastic Surgery Clinic, Charles University Hospital, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept