The effectiveness of risperidone in the treatment of three children with feeding disorders.

Children with histories of extensive medical interventions in early childhood, especially those involving the gastrointestinal tract, are at-risk for residual feeding problems long after the medical issues have resolved. This case series describes the inpatient multidisciplinary treatment of 3 consecutive preadolescent children (ages 9, 8, and 7 years) admitted to our rehabilitation facility. Each child was admitted with a severe feeding disorder and histories of failure-to-thrive (FTT) that had required enteral nutritional interventions.