Parental group therapy in the management of two fatal childhood diseases: a comparison.
Parents of children with spinal muscular atrophy met in a group designed to clarify the psychosocial problems of raising a child with this fatal disease. The experiences, interactions, and responses of these parents were compared with those of a similar group of parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012940:Social Problems