Family and psychosocial factors in children with perinatal stroke
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Perinatal stroke is a cerebrovascular injury that occur in gestation or up until a child’s first month of life. Impacting cognitive, social, and psychological development in children long after the stroke, perinatal stroke is yet to be fully understood. While the exact timing of injury can often not be determined, diagnosis relies on recognition of abnormalities in motor and behavioral development in these affected children, in order to be treated. Although there are long term morbidities specific to perinatal stroke, there are also a multitude of other factors that contribute to child development, and have the potential to alter outcome. These factors include family adjustment, family history, family functioning, and family socioeconomic status, among others. As is relatively well-established, parental mental health and socioeconomic status have an effect on child development in general; this literature review focuses specifically on perinatal stroke and the effect of the above factors on both patients and family’s cognitive and social outcome. In doing so, steps can be outlined that can alleviate the negative impact of these factors may have on the affected children’s psychosocial development.
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