Childhood accidental injuries are considered by the world to be an important problem affecting children's physical and mental health, children in the accidental injury leads to amputation, if the resulting psychological changes are not handled well will have a serious impact on future growth, necessary intervention, reduce, alleviate, relieve the psychological problems of children, must be squarely faced and valued.
What are the psychological conditions that occur after accidental amputation in children? How to help children adjust their psychological situation? This article will talk about it, I hope it can help you.
Psychological changes after an accident
Fear and restlessness
Most children do not have the concept of hospitalization for diseases, and when children are admitted to the hospital and leave their parents, they feel very disturbed, and there may be degeneration phenomena when entering the hospital, such as bed wetting, crying, etc.
Rebel
Some children will resist treatment in ways they can think of during treatment because of fear and anxiety, some choose to be silent to protest, and some choose to cry.
Anxiety
Children who are injured unintentionally can experience significant anxiety, depression, and negative treatment in treatment and communication.
Avoidance, withdrawal
Accidental injuries can cause fear in the child's psyche and be buried deep in the heart. When certain situations arise, children will not be able to respond in time with correct behavior, and will behave below their age to seek support and protection from others.
Depression
Children with amputations due to accidental injuries such as car accidents, electrical injuries, and natural disasters will suffer very serious physical and mental damage, and depression is particularly serious.
Irritable
Because the child cannot accept the reality of amputation, antagonistic behaviors often occur, such as noisy and easily provoked, which becomes more severe when stump pain or phantom limb pain occurs.
Psychological care for children
Use painkillers as prescribed by your doctor to reduce your child's fear of pain. At the same time, different psychological care can be taken according to different ages. The use of music interventions as a non-pharmacological adjunct can reduce pain, increase child comfort, and promote recovery.
Missing limbs can cause different degrees of psychological abnormalities, and family members and doctors need to be patient enough to use a lot of facts to repeatedly encourage the child. You can also ask the same children to help, give them psychological and physical support, comfort and encourage them to build confidence in overcoming the disease with gentle and considerate language, and give timely praise.
After amputation, children will have an inferiority complex for changes in their own image, which can lead to loneliness, depression, and older children even have thoughts of taking their own lives. Caregivers and family members should give encouragement, protect children's self-esteem, and actively guide acceptance and adaptation to changes in body structure.
After an accidental amputation, children will rely heavily on familiar family members in terms of movement or otherwise, and by guiding family members, paying attention to comforting and encouraging children, the effect will be twice as effective than that of unfamiliar medical staff. When an accident occurs, because the child's mind is not yet mature, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the child's psychology,
Choosing the right method and maintaining sufficient patience, psychological care is effective and safe, and suitable for use in children with emergency accidental injuries. However, when applying, we should pay attention to psychological care for specific individuals in order to achieve the goal.