Severe Combined Immune Deficiency : Early Hospitalisation and Isolation

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction to the family. Chapter 1: Background to the study on children with SCID and their families. Chapter 2: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - a brief overview. Chapter 3: Effects of early hospitalisation on children. Chapter 4: The effects of isolation and bone marrow transplantation on the child and family. Chapter 5: Children's perceptions of illness and death. Chapter 6: Stressors and coping mechanisms. Chapter 7: Psychosocial effects on the children. Chapter 8: Anger, aggression, and antisocial behaviour in children. Chapter 9: Neurotic and depressive behaviour in children. Chapter 10: Psychosocial effects on the family. Chapter 11: Attachment and alienation. Chapter 12: Post-traumatic stress disorder and children. Chapter 13: Post-traumatic stress disorder in families. Conclusion. Glossary. Appendix A. References.