The adolescent and the psychological response: diabetes mellitus

Authors

  • Miriam Burd Clinical psychologist; specialist in Medical Psychology from the School of Medical Sciences of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (FCM/UERJ) and in Psychosomatic Medicine from the Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (IMPSIS); psychologist, between 1995 and 2001, of the interdisciplinary team of the Diabetes and Metabolism Outpatient Clinic of the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital (HUPE); co-organizer and author of the book Disease and Family, by Casa do Psicólogo, and author of The Diabetic Child and his Family, which will be released in 2006 by the same publisher

Keywords:

Adolescence, chronic disease, diabetes mellitus, psychological response

Abstract

This article seeks to emphasize the psychological reactions to the experience of becoming ill, drawing attention to the fact that these defense mechanisms also affect the sick adolescent. At this stage of human development, the so-called normal adolescence syndrome is increased by the disease in its already exuberant characteristics, and it is where the wounded narcissism of the patient (family/staff) ceases to be reinvested. Here, special emphasis is given to the chronic disease diabetes mellitus when it affects the adolescent. Adolescence; chronic disease; diabetes mellitus ; psychological responses to illness

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Burd, M. (2006). The adolescent and the psychological response: diabetes mellitus. Adolescência E Saúde, 3(1), 12–17. Retrieved from https://adolescenciaesaude.com/index.php/aes/article/view/101

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2006): Vol. 3 No. 1 (2006)

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