A unique case of pica of adult onset with interesting psychosexual aspects

Pica has been considered as the ingestion of inedible substances or atypical food combinations. Pica has been reported widely in pediatric age group and often found to be co existing with obsessive compulsive or major depressive disorder. Reports of pica in elderly age group are relatively uncommon...

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Main Authors: Suddhendu Chakraborty, D Sanyal, R Bhattacharyya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2011;volume=33;issue=1;spage=89;epage=91;aulast=Chakraborty