Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child

The correlation between psychosocially unhealthy parenting styles and child psychopathology has been established. This case report describes how chronic harsh and overbearing paternal parenting style tipped a young boy into deliberate self poisoning with the aid of organo-phosphorous chemicals (rat...

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Main Authors: M F Tunde-Ayinmode, Olusola Abejide Adegunloye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2011-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/256
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description The correlation between psychosocially unhealthy parenting styles and child psychopathology has been established. This case report describes how chronic harsh and overbearing paternal parenting style tipped a young boy into deliberate self poisoning with the aid of organo-phosphorous chemicals (rat poison). This report is purposed to increase the interest of physicians and psychiatrists in parenting style research and in how potentially its modification could be a therapeutic and preventive tool.
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Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
South African Journal of Psychiatry
title Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
title_full Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
title_fullStr Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
title_full_unstemmed Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
title_short Parenting style and conduct problems in children: Case report of deliberate self poisoning in a Nigerian child
title_sort parenting style and conduct problems in children case report of deliberate self poisoning in a nigerian child
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