Pica in an eating disordered woman with multiple sclerosis: Impulse dyscontrol, compulsive symptom or self-medication attempt?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages

  Ceschin, L ^a   Giannunzio, V ^a   Favaro, A ^a   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compulsivity; Eating disorder; Hypercalcemia; Impulsivity; Multiple sclerosis; Pica

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CALCIUM; CITALOPRAM; GLATIRAMER;

ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMPULSIVENESS; INGESTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PICA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 77958517436     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325290     Document Type: Article

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