Growing up with a developmentally challenged brother or sister: A model for engaging siblings based on mentalizing

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 297-314

  Schuntermann, Peter ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Differential parental treatment; Mentalization; Pervasive developmental disorder; Resilience; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 70350155116     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673220903299161     Document Type: Review

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