title: [Diagnostic and therapeutic errors in the early period of anorexia nervosa in children].
abstract: In the years 1976-1988 in the Department of Paediatrics and Haematology, Silesian Medical Academy in Zabrze 22 children aged 12 to 17 years were diagnosed and treated for mental anorexia. The purpose of the analysis was evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic errors made in primary health care units referring the patients to the Department. The most frequent errors were: misdiagnosis, symptomatic treatment and absence of psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Pediatrii i Hematologii Sl. Ak. Med. w Zabrzu.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sliwa
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Franiczek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hyla-Klekot
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lukas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D009042:Motivation; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Błedy diagnostyczne i terapeutyczne we wczesnym okresie anorexia mentalis u dzieci.