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Revue de la littérature des conséquences des maladies somatiques des parents sur leurs enfants Volume 83, issue 5, Mai 2007

Authors
Psychiatre et psychanalyste. ADEP, 194, avenue d’Alésia, 75014 Paris, Laboratoire de psychopathologie fondamentale, UFR de Sciences humaines cliniques, Laboratoire de psychopathologie fondamentale et psychanalyse, Université Paris 7, 107, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75463 Paris Cedex 10, Psychologue clinicienne, Centre médical J. Arnaud, Service de rééducation fonctionnelle neurologique, 5, rue Pasteur, 95570 Bouffémont, Psychiatre, Fondation Vallée, 7, rue Bensérade, 94250 Gentilly

Overview of literature on the consequences of parents’ somatic illnesses on their childrenThe psychological impact of parents’ somatic illnesses on their children has been studied in the past few years. This paper looks into the impact of parents’ somatic illnesses on adolescents by analysing the main studies on the subject. Their results are very heterogeneous and it is impossible to determine which type of care these adolescents need. It is important to continue clinical and theoretical researches.