[Anorexia Nervosa: A Propos of a Case].

Abstract

The incidence of eating disorder (ED) is now higher than ever. the average age of onset of anorexia nervosa is 17 years. The prevalence found is worrying. In the girls in school 12 to 21 years, it seems to suffer from a 4-5% ED (diagnosed by a psychiatrist). This work intends to reflect, through a clinical case, the nursing care performed in a unit of child and adolescent psychiatry users admitted with diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. The teenager joined the unit with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Initially, an evaluation is performed by the functional patterns of Gordon, later to identify areas on which it will act and state the principal diagnoses, with their respective objectives and interventions. The nursing care at the Adolescent Psychiatry Unit is paramount. Nurses are the ones that are in constant contact with patients and limiting these behaviors. They also act as confessors and maintain a close relationship with them.