par Desmarez, Christine 
;Blum, Denise ;Kahn, André
Référence Neuropsychiatrie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, 35, 8-9, page (379-383)
Publication Publié, 1987
;Blum, Denise ;Kahn, André Référence Neuropsychiatrie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, 35, 8-9, page (379-383)
Publication Publié, 1987
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This article covers a study of the psychological reactions of 25 families whose child has been placed under home monitoring due to a risk of sudden death. 21 of these children had presented an apnea incident and 4 children had a sister or brother having died of sudden death. A retrospective study for 18 jamilies and a prospective study for 7 families are presented here. The results obtained on the basis of a questionnaire and semi-directive interviews with the parents show that monitoring brings about, especially in mothers, important psychological problems in a majority of cases (major anxiety, sleep disorders, somatizations, depressions...). Monitoring represents a stress, a series of heavy constraints and of socio-professional modifications, the consequences of which vary according to the stages of monitoring. These consequences are generally accepted by the parents but it seems essential at a preventive level that they can express, through the intermediary of a psychological support, this whole experience of stress linked to monitoring and to the threat of death hanging over their child. |
