title: Assessment of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents.
abstract: Anorexia nervosa is a debilitating illness that affects mostly females and their families. Multiple physiologic disturbances are present and can be life-threatening. Nutritional rehabilitation is the foremost initial treatment goal. Assessment skills include understanding the physiologic, developmental, and psychiatric status of the individual as well as engagement of the family system. A comprehensive assessment that stimulates patient and family to successfully engage in treatment is the cornerstone of good clinical care for this highly disabling disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3440 Market Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA. weaverl@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Laurel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liebman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010808:Physical Examination; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors