title: [How much food for a soul? Psychosomatic treatment of infantile feeding disorders].
abstract: Severe feeding disorders often require inpatient treatment and need a holistic assessment and treatment approach. This article introduces some of the current literature concerning feeding disorders in infants and toddlers. The philosophy of the Department of Infant Psychosomatics at the University Children's Hospital Zürich emphasizes interdisciplinary teamwork, the application of psychodyamic tools in pediatric liaison psychiatry and utilization of group settings. Clinical approach and course of treatment are illustrated by three case reports, highlighting specific psychotherapeutic interventions with the parent-infant relationship in the context of a paediatric clinic.
authors.affiliation: Kinderspital Zürich, Universitäts-Kinderkliniken, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH 8032 Zürich. monika.strauss@kispi.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pedrina
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marti
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006760:Hospitalization; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D013557:Switzerland