title: [Group therapy with parents of premature infants].
abstract: The birth of a premature infant means a heavy emotional burden on the parents which can considerably disturb the attachment process. Between October 1985 and March 1987 31 parents of very small premature infants participated in a parent-support group under a pediatrician's guidance. This group has proved useful to help these parents to overcome their emotional crisis. The efficiency of this kind of group is described but also its limitations. Positive results of the parent-support group on the later development of the infants are to be expected but have still to be verified by means of a prospective study.
authors: Pädiatrie I, Neugeborenen-Intensivstation, Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult, Hannover.
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Neubauer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group
vernacular_title: Gruppenarbeit mit Frühgeborenen-Eltern.