The present study aimed at describing the variables that lead to abandon rehabilitation treatment. It has as objective also the introduction the variables to enable the patient to return to treatment. This case study deals with a twelve-years-old mal e child of low social extraction and income, who had suffered bums and who received psychological treatment preparing for surgeries. Six psychotherapy sessions were conducted for 50 minutes each. The results pointed the importance of psychological intervention improving patient compliance. The successful intervention enable the patient to return and undergo plastic surgery treatment.
bum patient; compliance; functional analysis
