Paper eating: An unusual obsessive-compulsive disorder dimension
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Bharti A
; Mishra AK
; Sinha V
; Anwar Z
; Kumar V
; Mitra S
Ind Psychiatry J
2015[Jul]; 24
(2
): 189-91
PMID27212826
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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.