Open AccessCorrelates of parental stress and psychopathology in pediatric epilepsy
Author(s) -
Rania H. Shatla,
Hala E. Sayyah,
Hanan Azzam,
Riad M Elsayed
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.91938
Subject(s) - medicine , psychopathology , epilepsy , clinical psychology , pediatric epilepsy , stress (linguistics) , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy
Chronic conditions like epilepsy in a child can affect his/her entire family. The failure of the family members to adapt adequately to the unique demands of this childhood chronic illness can be considered as an important risk factor for development of psychopathology.