Volume 14, suplement 1
Case report
Variable and continuous diagnosis in the process of psychotherapy of a female patient with eating disorders
Małgorzata Janas-Kozik1,2, Irena Krupka-Matuszczyk2, JOANNA HYRNIK1, RAFAŁ SOŁOWIÓW1
1. Oddziału Psychiatrii Wieku Rozwojowego Centrum Pediatrii im. Jana Pawła II w Sosnowcu
2. Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2005; 14 (supl. 1/20): 103-106
Keywords: psychotherapy, eating disorders, anorexia nervosa
Abstract
Objective. Difficulties in diagnosing anorexia nervosa are reported.
Case. A female patient with eating disorders submitted to psychotherapy - an improvement at the level ofsymptom relief was attained.
Commentary. Diagnostic difficulties in patients with anorexia nervosa result to a large extent from symptomatological heterogeneity of this disorder The role and function of clinical symptoms dynamically developing in the course of therapy have been explained.
Address for correspondence:
Dr Małgorzata Janas-Kozik, Oddział Psychiatrii Wieku Rozwojowego Centrum Pediatrii im. Jana Pawła II, ul. G. Zapolskiej 3, 42-550 Sosnowiec-Klimontów, tel. (32) 2665052, e-mail: malgorzata.janas-kozik@psychiatria.pl