[Incidence of anorexia nervosa in a community mental health services for children and adolescents].
BACKGROUND
In the last few years, a huge social importance is being given to eating disorders and specially to anorexia nervosa. Sometimes, the actual epidemiology doesn't correspond with that voice of alarm.


METHODS
In this article are reviewed a sample of 3,849 clinical histories (aged 0 to 16 years) collected in 9 years in a public children and adolescents mental health unit.Objective. To see the incidence of the eating disorders (with their characteristics of sex and age) and the progression of cases of anorexia.


RESULTS
Show that the percentage of eating disorders (including anorexia) compared with the rest of psychopathologies is very low, that the cases of eating disorders have risen in the last 4 years and that the cases of anorexia nervosa haven't risen in the last decade.


CONCLUSIONS
Given the discrepancy with other authors who found several cases, we look for an interpretation of our data.
Otero Rodríguez
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Unidad de Salud Mental Infantil (USMI). Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Sevilla. Spain.
Mazuelos Fernández
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López Narbona
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Sanz Rivas
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Rodado Martínez
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D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology