Background and Aims:

Now days the number of adolescents with eating disorders increases, anorexia nervosa (NA) is one of them. Having psychiatric diagnosis adversely affects the education of girls. We know specific features of patients with NA, found mainly in adult patients: perfectionism, social desirability, desire to show better results. Due to traumatic situation, activities aimed at learning and social activity are shifting to desire to correct real or imaginary shortcoming. The motive shifts to the goal, and leading activity is replaced. Psychological studies of girls with NA showed the presence of high motivation for achievements, and distortion of self-perception.
Aim Evaluation characteristics of educational trajectory of patients with NA in child psychiatry department.

Methods:
27 girls (10-16 years old) with NA treated at child psychiatry department of Mental Health Research Center were quality assessed in anamnesis including learning problems and educational trajectory.

Results:
Data on the analysis of anamnestic materials related to the learning process are presented. Patients were divided into 2 groups: first (56%) - patients without learning problem, second (44%) - patients experience learning difficulties. Girls in first group were younger than in second, and did not have such a long illness.

Conclusions:
NA in adolescents is often referred to as "excellent pupil disease", our empirical and clinical data do not confirm this NA characteristic completely, especially considering the different stages of the disease development and the age of onset. The question of the fate of a girl with NA and the presentation of adaptive or non-adaptive behaviors requires further research.

LEARNING PROBLEMS IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA