Open AccessPaper eating: An unusual obsessive-compulsive disorder dimension
Author(s) -
Abhishek Bharti,
Ashwani Kumar Mishra,
Vishal Sinha,
Zeeshan Anwar,
Vipin Kumar,
Sayantanava Mitra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.181713
Subject(s) - commit , pica (typography) , confusion , girl , eating disorders , psychology , obsessive compulsive , psychiatry , sign (mathematics) , realm , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , developmental psychology , history , art , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , database , computer science , visual arts
There is a lot of diversity in the medical realm; where unspecified sign and symptoms might confuse and force even experienced clinicians to commit mistakes. Paper eating is presently included in pica, but certain rare compulsions may mimic this and cause confusion for unsuspecting observers. We report a case of paper eating as a manifestation of compulsion in a 15-year-old girl, and reiterate that missing on rare presentations might cause the patient sufferings from inadvertent pharmacological treatment efforts.