Siblings of severely ill children may struggle to cope

Brothers and sisters of children with a severe disability or chronic illness are more likely to have behavioural problems than their peers with well siblings.

Psychologist Meredith Rayner conducted a study of families with a chronically ill child as part of her PhD at Swinburne (Melbourne) “There hadn’t been much research in Australia into what was happening, and we wanted to see if we could help,” Rayner said.

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