An atypical eating disorder in a 2-year-old female

The case of a 21-month-old girl with an atypical eating disorder helps illustrate the impact that a serious illness and subsequent hospitalization may have on a young child's psychosexual development. The consultant emphasizes how assessing the interaction between the child's development and her environment can help treaters understand the child's self-experience during the hospitalization that led her to develop an eating disorder. Participants in the presentation discuss implications for intervention in a pediatric-liaison setting.