Behavioral Aspects of Pediatric Burns

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Overview

   • Kenneth J. Tarnowski

   Pages 1-22

3. Medical Management

   • Richard B. Fratianne, Christopher P. Brandt

   Pages 23-53

4. Acute Reactions

   • F. Daniel Armstrong, Caryl L. Gay, Jacqueline D. Levy

   Pages 55-79

5. Long-Term Psychosocial Sequelae

   • Kenneth J. Tarnowski, L. Kaye Rasnake

   Pages 81-118

6. Inpatient Consultation and Liaison

   • Ronald T. Brown, Arden D. Dingle, Kamela Koon-Scott

   Pages 119-146

7. Pain Management

   • Joseph P. Bush, Marlene T. Maron

   Pages 147-168

8. Body Images and Pediatric Burn Injury

   • Thomas Pruzinsky, Marion Doctor

   Pages 169-191

9. Family Considerations and Interventions

   • Nadine J. Kaslow, Kamela Koon-Scott, Arden D. Dingle

   Pages 193-215

10. School Reintegration

    • Patricia Blakeney

    Pages 217-241

11. Prevention

    • Russell T. Jones, Vasiliki Zaharopoulos

    Pages 243-264

12. Future Directions

    • Kenneth J. Tarnowski, Ronald T. Brown

    Pages 265-276

13. Back Matter

    Pages 277-281

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In recent years, considerable professional attention has centered on the behavioral aspects of various childhood illnesses and injuries. Indeed, child health psychology has grown exponentially over the past decade. One index of this growth is found in the number of texts that have recently appeared in the area (Gross & Drabman, 1990; Karoly, 1988; Krasnegor, Arasteh, & Cataldo, 1986; Levine, Carey, Crocker, & Gross, 1982; Routh, 1988; Russo & Varni, 1982; Tuma, 1982; Varni, 1983). In general, these texts provide summaries of the psychological literature across a variety of established (e.g., oncology) and emerging (psychoneuroimmunology) areas of child health. Until recently, many books on the psychological aspects of pediatric health provided no or minimal information about the psychosocial plight of child burn victims. In some instances, pediatric burns might be men­ tioned parenthetically as another example of a population for which behavioral treatment procedures (e. g., pain management) may be of value. In part, the relative inattention devoted to this population may be related to the perception that the literature in this area is sketchy and charac­ terized by significant methodological and substantive shortcomings. In many instances, this perception is largely justified. However, it is also the case that the pediatric burn literature has evolved considerably over the past decade and that the incidence of, and morbidity associated, with severe burn injuries mandates immediate and increased attention by mental health professionals.

• Focusing
• assessment
• intervention
• management
• pain

• Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Fort Myers, USA

  Kenneth J. Tarnowski

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