Abstract
Study of 16 adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) revealed significant psychopathology but no specific personality type nor typical coping mechanisms associated with the disease. Men had greater psychiatric impairment than women. This seems associated with the fact that the men suffered greater medical complications from SCD than the women. Symptomatic expression of SCD was associated with life stress and was favorably modified when more social supports were present.
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