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Rumination: A benign disorder?
Author(s) -
Blinder Barton J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198602)5:2<385::aid-eat2260050218>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - rumination , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition
The recent characterization of rumination as a “benign” disorder deserves further study and reconsideration. The frequency of appearance of rumination in certain subgroups (retarded, eating disorder, association with affective disorder) and the range of medical complications and psychosocial consequences are notable. Furthermore, gut neuroendocrine abnormalities and CNS integrative disturbance affecting motility may be markers of major psychiatric disorders.