An unusual foreign body ingestion in a schizophrenic patient: Case report

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-318

  Abraham, Benjamin ^a   Alao, Adekola O ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Foreign body ingestion; Inmate; Prison; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FOREIGN BODY; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PICA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 28644441402     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7AE8-3AV0-W3UA-TKV4     Document Type: Article

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