title: Psychiatric case report of nutritional battering with implications for community agencies.
abstract: A psychiatric case report of a chronic case of nutritional battering is presented. The child was starved for the first 13 years of her life and was thought to be a dwarf. Considerable difficulty in dealing with her paranoid family was experienced by school, court, children's agency, and medical workers. This family represented a seriously disturbed element in the community. It is suggested that in these cases the family as well as the abused child must be treated if the family is ever to become an integrated part of the community again.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash..
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schwartz