The authors describe the contemporary decision taking and approach to treatment of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, decision between out-patient and hospital treatment. In the evaluation they take into consideration clinical experience with therapy of serious cases of anorectic patients in hospital. In the part focused on pharmacotherapy they mention contemporary trends recorded from the literature and at the same time they present a list of drugs used for treatment of patients in 2001 at the Paediatric Psychiatric Clinic.

        Key words: eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, psychopharmaceutical preparation, antidepressants, neuroleptic drugs