Effects of Illness and Hospitalization on Children

Question 1

stages of separation anxiety

Answer 1

1. protest – crying, clinging, begging
2. despair – disinterest, regression, no crying, weight loss
3. denial/detachment – no protest, surface relationships, developmental delays (often after prolonged separation over 6 mo)

Question 2

stress reactions: infants

Answer 2

crying, screaming, clinging, searching with eyes

Question 3

stress reactions: toddlers

Answer 3

verbal and physical attacks to strangers, may run away to find parent, crying, pleading parent to stay

Question 4

stress reactions: preschool

Answer 4

refusing routines, bedwetting, sleep issues, indirect anger, constant requests for parents

Question 5

stress reactions: school

Answer 5

stoic, cold, angry

Question 6

stress reactions: teens

Answer 6

anger, uncooperative, withdrawal; concern for privacy

Question 7

death and grief: infant/toddler

Answer 7

limited to separation anxiety

Question 8

death and grief: preschool/school

Answer 8

temporary perception

Question 9

death and grief: teens

Answer 9

won’t happen to me! complex reaction, poor coping