title: Psychosocial aspects of rheumatic disease in childhood and adolescence.
abstract: The increasing number of adolescents with disabilities such as systemic lupus erythematosus who survive into adulthood has prompted the medical community to study the psychological and physical functioning of adolescents after many years of chronic illness. The author uses a generic chronic illness model to augment observations from studies about young people with rheumatic disease.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004651:Employment; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior