title: The child accident repeater: a review.
abstract: The child accident repeater is defined as one who has at least three accidents that come to medical attention within a year. The accident situation has features in common with those of the child who has a single accident through simple "bad luck", but other factors predispose him to repeated injury. In the child who has a susceptible personality, a tendency for accident repetition may be due to a breakdown in adjustment to a stressful environment. Prevention of repeat accidents should involve the usual measures considered appropriate for all children as well as an attempt to provide treatment of significant maladjustment and modification of a stressful environment.
mesh_terms: D000057:Accident Proneness; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012106:Research; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control