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Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 2013; 70 (1)

Pica

Frenk S, Nieto S, Olivares Z, Faure MA

Language: Spanish
References: 50
Page: 59-66
PDF size: 90.77 Kb.


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The dramatic explosion with suicidal tinges, whose masterly description is given here, brings to life an acute psychotic episode in the context of a long persistent behavior, since from 11 years of age it was “…discovered that Rebeca liked to eat only moist dirt from the yard and only lime cakes which she pulled from walls with her nails…she practiced this habit secretly and with a guilty conscience…when no one would see her.”


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