title: Failure to thrive: knowledge for social workers.
abstract: Growth failure in young children no longer is classified simply as organic or nonorganic failure to thrive. The symptom of failure to thrive encompasses a variety of complex disorders, and each requires a specific treatment approach. Various forms of nonorganic growth failure and the social work role in intervention are reviewed. The diagnosis and treatment of attachment disorder, a potentially dangerous form of nonorganic failure to thrive that is considered child neglect, are discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: JFK Child Development Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hathaway
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work