Psychological problems of thalassemic subjects
Guasco, G.; Gamalero, P.C.; Cuniolo, A.
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica Medical and Surgical Pediatrics 7(2): 271-278
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5387 PMID: 4094915 Document Number: 252504
Analysis of psychological problems of the thalassemic subject shown with these following tests: T.A.T., Rogers, Rosenzweig. Moreover, we made meetings with all boys and their parents during their stay in the day-hospital. These tests have shown subjective conflicts (fear and uncertainty of future due to the illness felt as aggression and fault, depressive moods and loneliness, problems of communication, hope in a magic recovery opposite to the constant discomfort of the therapeutic dependence) and relational conflicts (ambivalence towards parents, difficulties in becoming a part of the social and school environment).