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Many young children put nonfood items in their mouths at one time or another. ... Additional Resources; Please Note: By clicking a link to any resource listed on this page, you will be ... NORD is a federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities.
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Overview: Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent ingestion of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least 1 month at an age at which this behavior is developmentally inappropriate (eg, 18-24 mo). ... More on Eating Disorder, Pica...
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What is the eating disorder Pica? Definition, history and causes of pica, an eating disorder that typically affects children who eat soil, dirt, hair, and other innapropriate non-food items. Read more. ... Among individuals with mental retardation, pica is the most common eating disorder. In this population, the risk for...
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Pica (disorder) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (e.g., clay, coal, soil, feces, chalk, paper, soap, mucus, ash, gum etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some...
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Pica is a pattern of eating non-food materials (such as dirt or paper). ... Medications may help reduce the abnormal eating behavior, if pica occurs as part of a developmental disorder such as mental retardation.
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Treatment for Pica; People with pica can often benefit from therapy. Therapy can be especially helpful in addressing the emotional consequences of this eating disorder, in preventing pica from leading to other eating disorders, and in working through any psychological causes that contributed to the onset of the condition.
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Before making a diagnosis of pica, the doctor will rule out other disorders -- such as mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or obsessive-compulsive disorder--as the cause of the odd eating behavior. This pattern of behavior must last at least one month for a diagnosis of pica to be made.
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Eating Disorder, Pica Type ... Pica is an eating disorder that is characterized by the repeated eating of non-nutritive substances over a period of one month or longer. Patients may eat non-edible objects such as paint, plaster, dirt, ice, or laundry starch.
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www.webmd.com/mental-health/pica-11089
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Binge-eating disorder (commonly called compulsive overeating) is one such ... A person who has pica will eat non-food substances, possibly including dirt, ...
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