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In children examined at a child development clinic the incidence of excessive water drinking was almost exclusively confined to the foster care population. A series of 11 patients is compared with other reports of excessive water drinking as a marker for parent-child problems and inadequate nurturance. The parent-child interaction patterns were characterized as rejecting and both overprotective and overindulgent. The family adaptational styles tended to be chaotic and rigid, and the family cohesion styles disengaged or separated. Excessive water drinking can be considered a marker for problems in parenting.
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/etiologia , Cuidados no Lar de Adoção , Relações Pais-Filho , Intoxicação por Água/psicologia , Criança , Maus-Tratos Infantis , Pré-Escolar , Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Thirteen elementary school age children with acute leukemia who had received cranial irradiation with dosages between 1,800 and 4,800 rads a mean of 6.3 years earlier were evaluated for the presence of learning disorders. The authors utilized both psychometric and educational tests. The results were analyzed according to a graduated regressed standard score procedure and yielded the following diagnoses: mental retardation, two (15%); learning disability in reading and mathematics, two (15%); learning disability in mathematics, five (39%); no psychoeducational diagnosis, four (31%). Of the nine children (69%) who qualified for a specific psychoeducational diagnosis, only three were receiving any special educational services. The failure of a previous assessment of this same group of children at our center and of other research reports to uncover a similarly high incidence of neurodevelopmental pathology may be due to the specific tests employed or to the later onset of measurable difficulties in these patients.
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Deficiências da Aprendizagem/etiologia , Leucemia/radioterapia , Radioterapia/efeitos adversos , Encéfalo/efeitos da radiação , Criança , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Testes de Inteligência , Deficiências da Aprendizagem/diagnóstico , Masculino , Testes Psicológicos , Dosagem RadioterapêuticaRESUMO
Six cases of inner city black children with both infantile autism and lead poisoning are reviewed. In three cases, developmental deviance seems to have been present before the possible impact of lead toxicity. In two cases the lead poisoning may have contributed to the onset or acceleration of developmental symptomatology. In one case the temporal sequence remains unclear. Possible patterns of interaction and the implications for clinical practice are discussed.
