Psychogenic disorders of vision in childhood ("visual conversion reactions"): perspectives from adolescence: a research note.
Fifteen adolescents who had exhibited psychogenic disorders of vision in childhood were compared with a control group of adolescents who had experienced childhood visual dysfunction of organic origin. The principal modes of assessment were clinical interviews, the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), and self-report measures concerning specific personality traits. Adolescents who had previously presented with psychogenic disorder were more likely to (1) report having experienced school difficulties and the loss of a significant figure at the time of presentation, (2) rate their mothers as over-involved on the PBI and (3) report adjustment difficulties and obsessional personality traits in adolescence.
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Child and Family Department, Tavistock Clinic, London, U.K.
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Jones
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D000293:Adolescent; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010379:Peer Group; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*