The girl who ate her house - Pica as an obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case report

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Baheretibeb, Yonas ^a   Law, Samuel ^b,c   Pain, Clare ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Cardinal Carter Wing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders; Pica

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EGO STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PICA; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 37848998787     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650106298917     Document Type: Article

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