title: Coping with disfigurement. 1: Causes and effects.
abstract: This is a two-part unit on helping patients to cope with the anxiety and challenges of disfigurement or looking different. Part 1 examines the causes of disfigurement, dispels myths surrounding the issue and offers guidance on understanding the feelings and behaviours of those affected and their families.
authors.affiliation: Changing Faces.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Millstone
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004194:Disease; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D006113:United Kingdom