Intervention strategies for treating traumatized siblings on a pediatric inpatient unit.
This article examines the course of treatment for 2 traumatized siblings in an acute inpatient child psychiatric unit following severe physical abuse by their mother. In treating these 2 boys, the authors used intervention strategies that can be applied to the treatment of other traumatized siblings in institutional settings. Issues of self-worth, survivor guilt, and conflictual sibling dynamics are illustrated as they relate to the treatment. In addition, transference-countertransference dynamics are examined.
McGarvey
Timothy P
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital--Westchester Division, White Plains 10605, USA. tim9004@nyp.org
Haen
Craig
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D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006167:Guilt; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology