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WILSON'S DISEASE IN AN ADOLESCENT DISPLAYING AN ADJUSTMENT REACTION TO A SERIES OF LIFE STRESSORS: A CASE STUDY
Author(s) -
Carr Alan,
Mcdonnell Dermot J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb00194.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stressor , disease , series (stratigraphy) , developmental psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , paleontology , pathology , biology
The case is presented of a 13 year old boy suffering from Wilson's disease. Initially, his medical condition was, to a large degree, masked by a range of behavioural and emotional problems which followed directly in the wake of a series of major life stresses.