An atypical eating disorder in a 2-year-old female.
The case of a 21-month-old girl with an atypical eating disorder helps illustrate the impact that a serious illness and subsequent hospitalization may have on a young child's psychosexual development. The consultant emphasizes how assessing the interaction between the child's development and her environment can help treaters understand the child's self-experience during the hospitalization that led her to develop an eating disorder. Participants in the presentation discuss implications for intervention in a pediatric-liaison setting.
Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS 66601-0829.
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Delgado
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Emde
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Pope
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010989:Play Therapy; D012803:Sick Role