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- Title
Do doctors recognise eating disorders in children?
- Authors
Bryant-Waugh, R J; Lask, B D; Shafran, R L; Fosson, A R
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether doctors recognise eating disorders in children, in particular anorexia nervosa. A group of paediatricians, general practitioners, and school medical officers was approached to participate in the study. Each was sent a questionnaire including two case vignettes of children with anorexia nervosa and questions about diagnosis and management. The response rate was 64.5%. Of 97 different diagnosis suggested, only one quarter were psychiatric or psychological. One third of the paediatricians mentioned anorexia nervosa within their differential diagnosis in both cases compared with 2% of primary care physicians. These results suggest that doctors' awareness of childhood onset eating disorders remains limited. A delay in appropriate treatment has potentially adverse consequences for prognosis.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 1992, Vol 67, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.67.1.103