Pediatric Counseling Research Articles

Counseling in Pediatrics

One of the least-defined areas in pediatrics is the role of the pediatric practitioner in psychological counseling—in regard to behavior problems and child development generally. This is not surprising in view of the complexities of the human psyche and the lack of agreement which still exists between different schools of thought in the disciplines of psychiatry, social work, and psychology, about the dynamics of counseling. This broad subject is the main concern of a child rearing study being conducted at University Hospitals of Cleveland, by staff members from the Department of Pediatrics (4 in number) and the Section of Psychiatry (7 in number) of Western Reserve University. Each of them is acting as counselor to 2 young families starting with their first child. In the interest of close contact and unhurried visits, each mother is seen (with or without her child) for an hour every other week, on the average.

The need for parental counseling in pediatrics

The need for parental counseling in pediatrics

The late effects of lead poisoning

<h2>Summary</h2> Eleven cases of lead intoxication have been followed for a period of from five to ten years with repeat physical, psychological, and laboratory examinations. The physical sequelae consisted of blindness and cerebral dysrhythmia Sodium citrate was the specific therapy in all cases and was given over a variable period of time or until there was no laboratory evidence of lead intoxication. There is no evidence in this series of continuing mental deterioration. Considering the major mode of instruction in the primary grades, it is felt that these children are at a serious disadvantage and should receive special attention to offset their visualmotor deficit. As the child matures there is a gradual loss of the inward driven hyperactive behavior frequently seen in brain-damaged children. There is no direct correlation between the severity of the illness and the amount of residual effect. Pediatric counseling might be influential in reducing a parenteral overprotective attitude which adds to the child's problems.