title: [Chronic disease and family problems: a descriptive model for the pediatrician].
abstract: Starting from Minuchin's system interaction model on so-called psychosomatic families, and based on theories about coping with serious life events, the tasks are described that have to be faced by families with a severe ill or handicapped child. From clinical psychological practice it is learned that the majority of the families can cope adequately with the illness of their child. In a few families however serious problems emerge that impede the growth and development of the sick child. Characteristics of these families are elaborated into a model that may serve the pediatrician in the early diagnosis of these high-risk families.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Chronische ziekte en gezinsproblematiek: een signaleringsmodel voor de kinderarts.