Feeding phobia after parenteral feeding: the treatment of a 30 monthsold child

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2013-09-12

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Conde-García, R., González-Barroso, A.-R., 2Herrera-Rodríguez, S., & Álvarez-Fernández, S. (2013). Feeding phobia after parenteral feeding: the treatment of a 30 monthsold child. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 30(3), 40–43. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/254

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Case reports

Authors

  • Rafael Conde-García Centro Integral de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento “Francisco Díaz”
  • Ana-Rosa González-Barroso, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias
  • Sara 2Herrera-Rodríguez Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias
  • Sonia Álvarez-Fernández Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias

Keywords:

Phobic Disorders, Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood, Parenteral Nutrition, Behaviour Modification

Abstract

Feeding phobia; swallow phobia or chocking phobia are frequent pathologies in clinical practice but barely studied in a scientific way. Although this disease is not under any of the clinical classifications, it has drawn the clinicians’ attention and it has generated a considerable body of research through clinical case studies. The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a clinical case and the intervention carried out from Childhood Mental Health Services in coordination with Primary Attention Services and Early Childhood Intervention Services. It is about a 30-months-old child who presented refusal behaviour to ingest solid food after an intervention with gastrostomy for gastroesophageal reflux. From Mental Health Services, a behavioural modification program was carried out, with de purpose of a progressive incorporation of oral feeding and the withdrawal of parental nutrition. It was achieved a complete restitution of oral feeding after six months of treatment.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Conde-García, Centro Integral de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento “Francisco Díaz”

Psicólogo clínico. Centro Integral de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento “Francisco Díaz”.

Correspondencia:
Centro de Salud Mental Infantojuvenil. CIDT Francisco Díaz.
C/ Octavio Paz n10 28806, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Telf. 91 889 56 62
Correo electrónico: rafacongar@gmail.com

Ana-Rosa González-Barroso,, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias

Psicólogo interno residente. Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias. Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

Sara 2Herrera-Rodríguez, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias

Psicólogo interno residente. Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias. Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.

Sonia Álvarez-Fernández, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias

Psicólogo interno residente. Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias. Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.

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