[Psychological mistreatment of children with sickle cell disease in Cameroon: description and analysis of 1 case].
Psychological maltreatment of a children with sickle-cell disease is a form of parental dysfunction provoked by a crisis situation. In most cases, this type of child abuse involves a relatively harmonious family going through a period of adaptation that jeopardizes its internal equilibrium. The weakest components of the family, i.e., the children, become the scapegoats for the crisis. After a brief description of this disorder, the authors analyze the different causes that lead to eruption of intra-familial violence. Several cultural, social, and economic factors combine to trigger the maltreatment to which hapless children with sickle-cell disease fall victim. Special legislation to provide appropriate child care is the only alternative to prevent these situations from becoming chronic subject only to the socio-economic conditions of the parents and prevailing ethos.
Mbassa Menick
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Service de Psychiatrie Infanto-Juvénile, EPSMD de l'Aisne, Prémontré, France. daniel.mbassa@epsmd-aisne.fr
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D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological