Eating and growth disorders in infants and children [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Woolston Joseph L
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/8526; 618.928526
• Soggetto topico: Eating disorders in children; Growth disorders; Dwarfism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Overview of Eating and Growth Disorders; Chapter 2 - Fundamentals of Normal Child Development; Chapter 3 - Failure to Thrive; Chapter 4 - Psychosocial Dwarfism; Chapter 5 - Rumination; Chapter 6 - Pica; Chapter 7 - Obesity; Chapter 8 - Benign Nutritional Dwarfing; Chapter 9 - Prepubertal Anorexia Nervosa; Chapter 10 - Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Do certain eating disorders directly correlate with neglect and abuse? What do eating and growth disorders have in common? Are some treatment methods more successful than others in treating such disorders? Exploring these and other questions, this volume examines the relevant literature on each major eating and growth disorder from infancy to childhood. Anorexia nervosa, obesity, failure to thrive and psychosocial dwarfism are among the major disorders considered. The author describes the emergence and course of each specific disorder, discusses known or suspected risk factors, an
• Titolo autorizzato: Eating and growth disorders in infants and children
• ISBN: 1-322-41977-9; 1-4833-2581-4; 1-4522-5317-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910478855503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; ; v. 24.