[Anorexia nervosa in boys and men].

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is thought to appear predominantly in girls and young women. Twenty years ago the incidence of AN was considered as 1 boy to 10-15 girls. Recent data suggest that the girls to boys rate is 4:1.

[Family environment and psychological development of children with hematological malignancies].

In the years 1994-1995, 20 children treated due to hyperplastic diseases of hemopoietic system in Pediatry and Hematology Department of Silesian University School of Medicine in Katowice, were included into the study. The children were examined at and after infant age. Methodology was based on the application of three scales of psychomotor development to elaborate the index of children development.

[Diagnostic and therapeutic errors in the early period of anorexia nervosa in children].

In the years 1976-1988 in the Department of Paediatrics and Haematology, Silesian Medical Academy in Zabrze 22 children aged 12 to 17 years were diagnosed and treated for mental anorexia. The purpose of the analysis was evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic errors made in primary health care units referring the patients to the Department. The most frequent errors were: misdiagnosis, symptomatic treatment and absence of psychotherapy.