PEDIATRICS Vol. 4 No. 3 September 1949, pp. 309-318
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PSYCHOLOGIC ASPECTS OF POLIOMYELITIS

MORTON A. SEIDENFELD PH.D.1

1 The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, New York, N. Y.

While many more contributions may be made by the physician in caring for the child with poliomyelitis there are at least five principal areas in which he plays a major psychologic role in addition to his ordinary responsibilities in regard to medical care of the patient. These are:

(a) in dealing with the relief of the patient's psychologic reactions to the acute phase of the disease; (b) in reducing psychologic trauma attendant upon the removal of the patient from his normal environment and placing him in the treatment environment of the hospital or nursing institution; (c) by explaining and correcting misconceptions that the patient may have about his illness and its ultimate effects; (d) by aiding the parents to avoid erroneous concepts, feelings of personal guilt and improper attitudes toward their child and the family as a whole during the child's illness; and (e) by correcting community misconceptions regarding the needs of the child with polio and by fostering adequate community cooperation in helping disabled children make the best possible socio-economic and psychologic adjustment to life.

Submitted on November 3, 1948




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