Managing children's and adolescents' medical complaints amid parent conflict: Strategies and tools for professionals

Children and adolescents who are having difficulty coping with stress often present with complaints of physical discomfort. Effective treatment approaches exist for many of these issues. Among high-conflict parents, however, children's medical issues can become another canvas for conflict, with...

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Published in:Family court review 2023-07, Vol.61 (3), p.522-537
Main Authors: Greenberg, Lyn R., McNamara, Kathleen, Weisz, Betsy E., Altobelli, Justice Thomas, Davis, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child abuse
child‐centered conjoint therapy
Conflict management
court‐involved therapy
Divorce
Domestic relations
Families
high‐conflict divorce
medical and physical complaints
Mental health
parent coordination
psychophysiologic issues
resistance–refusal dynamics
reunification
somatization
visitation resistance
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Summary:Children and adolescents who are having difficulty coping with stress often present with complaints of physical discomfort. Effective treatment approaches exist for many of these issues. Among high-conflict parents, however, children's medical issues can become another canvas for conflict, with parents focused more on blaming one another for the child's distress than on options for assisting the child. Professionals can be drawn into the conflict to such a degree that they overlook essential steps for addressing and managing these issues. The authors present a research-informed model for managing medical and psychophysiological issues amid parental conflict.
ISSN:1531-2445
1744-1617
DOI:10.1111/fcre.12730