We report on a 7-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa and consider factors contributing to this early emergence. Cognitive differences in younger children can alter their understanding of this illness, so we chronicled this girl's treatment because it diverged from practices used with older patients. Accordingly, effective interventions in very young anorexics might require modifications of treatments used in postpubertal populations.
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Columbia Univ, New York State Psychiat Inst, Dept Psychiat, Irving Med Ctr, New York, NY USA
Columbia Univ, New York State Psychiat Inst, Dept Psychiat, Irving Med Ctr, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032 USAColumbia Univ, New York State Psychiat Inst, Dept Psychiat, Irving Med Ctr, New York, NY USA
Walsh, B. Timothy
Hagan, Kelsey E.
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Columbia Univ, New York State Psychiat Inst, Dept Psychiat, Irving Med Ctr, New York, NY USAColumbia Univ, New York State Psychiat Inst, Dept Psychiat, Irving Med Ctr, New York, NY USA
Hagan, Kelsey E.
Lockwood, Carlin
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