Children with pervasive refusal.
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 66 (7) , 866-869
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.66.7.866
Abstract
Four children are described with a potentially life threatening condition manifested by profound and pervasive refusal to eat, drink, walk, talk, or care for themselves in any way over a period of several months. The multiplicity and severity of the symptoms in these children do not fit comfortably into any existing diagnostic category. Long term and highly skilled nursing and psychiatric care is required to help these children to recover. The possible causes of this syndrome are discussed.Keywords
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