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Anorexia nervosa and obsessive‐compulsive disorder in a prepubertal patient with bone dysplasia: A case report
Author(s) -
Lázaro Luisa,
Moreno Elena,
Baos Pilar,
Castro Josefina
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20136
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , dysplasia , psychiatry , medicine , eating disorders
Objective The current article describes the case of a 13‐year‐old girl with body dysplasia, anorexia nervosa, and obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD). Method She was given cognitive‐behavioral therapy and pharmacologic treatment for the obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology and exogenous growth hormone to increase her height. Results She experienced an adequate weight and height increase and remission of obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology, and reestablished adequate social and academic functioning. Conclusion After a follow‐up of almost 2 years, she had had her menarche, continued her positive eating habits, and had not relapsed into OCD. © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.