COPROPHAGIA AS A MANIFESTATION OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ZEITLIN SB POLIVY J
Citation
Sb. Zeitlin et J. Polivy, COPROPHAGIA AS A MANIFESTATION OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry, 26(1), 1995, pp. 57-63
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00057916
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
57 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-7916(1995)26:1<57:CAAMOO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Coprophagia is seen, though uncommonly, in psychiatric hospitals among adult patients with diffuse brain disease and in individuals with sub average intelligence. We describe here a case of coprophagia in an adu lt with normal cognitive functioning. Thorough assessment revealed tha t this coprophagia was a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorde r. The problem behavior responded to a behavioral treatment program co mprising exposure and response prevention.