TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Iatrogenic psychological harm
JO  - Archives of disease in childhood
A1  - Rees, Corinne
SP  - 440
EP  - 446
VL  - 97
IS  - 5
N2  - While prevention of iatrogenic harm is a sufficient priority to determine service structures and practice, the concept of harm is largely restricted to the physical. Psychological harm has received scant attention despite its importance, particularly for children and adolescents. A professional climate increasingly reliant on measurement and evidence and coloured by fear of litigation contributes to perpetuating the anomaly. The aim of this paper is to consider how and why iatrogenic psychological harm may happen, why i-dt matters, how it may be manifest and how it may be prevented. Prevention of psychological harm should be as great a priority as that of physical harm.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2011-300362
ID  - ref1
ER  -