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| − | Infantile Anorexia (IA) is a diagnosis not found in DSM-IV, but rather in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:03-R). '''DC:03-R''' is designed for diagnosing difficulties in very young children published by a non-profit Zero to Three. | + | Infantile Anorexia (IA) is a diagnosis not found in DSM-IV, but rather in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:03-R). <br> |
| + | '''DC:03-R''' is designed for diagnosing difficulties in very young children published by a non-profit ''Zero to Three''. | ||
| − | '''Infantile Anorexia''' is characterized by the child’s refusal to eat adequate amounts of food for at least 1 month. The infant/toddler with IA rarely communicates hunger, lacks interest in food and eating, and shows growth deficiency. The child’s food refusal does not follow a traumatic event and is not due to an underlying medical illness. The onset of the food refusal often occurs during the transition to spoon- and self-feeding, typically between 6 months and 3 years of age. | + | '''Infantile Anorexia''' is characterized by the child’s refusal to eat adequate amounts of food for at least 1 month. The infant/toddler with IA rarely communicates hunger, lacks interest in food and eating, and shows growth deficiency. The child’s food refusal does not follow a traumatic event and is not due to an underlying medical illness. <br> |
| + | The onset of the food refusal often occurs during the transition to spoon- and self-feeding, typically between 6 months and 3 years of age. | ||
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Revision as of 20:32, 29 November 2011
Introduction
Infantile Anorexia (IA) is a diagnosis not found in DSM-IV, but rather in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:03-R).
DC:03-R is designed for diagnosing difficulties in very young children published by a non-profit Zero to Three.
Infantile Anorexia is characterized by the child’s refusal to eat adequate amounts of food for at least 1 month. The infant/toddler with IA rarely communicates hunger, lacks interest in food and eating, and shows growth deficiency. The child’s food refusal does not follow a traumatic event and is not due to an underlying medical illness.
The onset of the food refusal often occurs during the transition to spoon- and self-feeding, typically between 6 months and 3 years of age.