Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Pica
DEFINITION
- The persistent ingestion of nonnutritive, nonfood items that is neither developmentally nor culturally appropriate and poses potential medical risks.
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Last updated: July 7, 2017
Citation
Hagopian, Louis, and Gerald Nestadt. "Pica." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787075/all/Pica.
Hagopian L, Nestadt G. Pica. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787075/all/Pica. Accessed June 1, 2023.
Hagopian, L., & Nestadt, G. (2017). Pica. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787075/all/Pica
Hagopian L, Nestadt G. Pica [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. ; 2017. [cited 2023 June 01]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787075/all/Pica.
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