Coping with pain: a developmental approach to treatment of burned children

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Abstract
The treatment of children aged 1-18 yr who experienced physical pain from an acute burn and the emotional pain of disfigurement offers a prototype for treatment of pain and understanding its impact on the child''s emotional life. An initial report is presented on differential response to and treatment of burn pain in infancy, the preschool years, latency, preadolescence and adolescence. The basic therapeutic interventions for such children are described, including psychological preparation, consistent holding relationships, selective reinforcement of denial, tolerance of regression, medications and hypnosis or relaxation techniques.

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