Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Rumination Disorder
DEFINITION
- Rumination disorder (RD) is defined as chronic eating disorder characterized by the repeated regurgitation of ingested food from the stomach to the mouth over a period of at least one month. Regurgitated food may be either expelled or reswallowed.
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Last updated: June 27, 2017
Citation
, Brenna Brown, and Louis Hagopian. "Rumination Disorder." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787076/all/Rumination_Disorder.
B, Hagopian L. Rumination Disorder. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787076/all/Rumination_Disorder. Accessed October 1, 2025.
, B., & Hagopian, L. (2017). Rumination Disorder. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787076/all/Rumination_Disorder
B, Hagopian L. Rumination Disorder [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2025 October 01]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787076/all/Rumination_Disorder.
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