The issues presented concern the difficulties facing a family with a spastic child. The aim of the thesis was to define the role of a psychologist in solving difficulties reported by parents of children with spasticity being treated with the help of intrathecal baclofen pump implantation. The research was done using the method of partially structured interviews with the parents of patients after the implantation of the baclofen pump as well as the results of a Questionnaire estimating the effects of treating spastics. The results show that the two main categories of difficulties reported by the parents concern the medical and nurse care, information and communication problems as well as physical and psychological exhaustion. The role and usability of a psychologist in the process of supporting families of spastic children treated with the baclofen pump has been described from a systematic perspective. A psychologist has been indicated as an advantageous support offering benefits to all--the patients, their families as well as the medical personnel--during the whole treatment process.
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