ASTHMA IN MOTHER AND CHILD AS A SPECIAL TYPE OF INTERCOMMUNICATION

Of 52 asthmatic children studied in the Massachusetts General Hospital, were chosen for this article because their mothers were likewise asthmatic. They demonstrated in strong relief certain dynamic features pertaining to the basic conflicts of the mother-child relationship of the other asthmatic ch...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1956-01, Vol.26 (1), p.165-178
1. Verfasser: Coolidge, John C.
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Zusammenfassung:Of 52 asthmatic children studied in the Massachusetts General Hospital, were chosen for this article because their mothers were likewise asthmatic. They demonstrated in strong relief certain dynamic features pertaining to the basic conflicts of the mother-child relationship of the other asthmatic children in the series. The first case is of Martha, who was hospitalized for the second time with severe status asthmaticus. The asthma disappeared rapidly. It was believed separation from mother was a decisive factor and psychiatric referral was recommended. Her mother was an intelligent woman of 34 who dressed carefully and in taste. The second case is of a younger boy, Teddy, who had eczema, asthma, enuresis and his mother had eczema, asthma, and migraine; maternal grandmother had asthma and migraine; maternal great-grandmother was “bronchial.” The third case is of Hope, who developed an asthma attack soon after hospitalization, and because of her long asthmatic history psychiatric evaluation was requested. Her mother was a pale, plainly dressed woman, with straight lifeless hair and no make-up, who first developed asthma at six. All three mothers in these cases showed certain striking similarities. From the clinical material it was deduced that each mother had never really felt herself to be a complete person. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1956.tb06164.x