PICA TREATMENT MANUAL

Brief physical restraint to contract pica in retarded children. Pica: a Childhood Symptom, Camelot Press, Southhampton, England.īucher, B., Reykdal, B., and Albin, J. Behavior therapy of pica with a profoundly retarded adolescent.

PICA TREATMENT MANUAL

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.Īusman, J., Ball, T. The treatment of pica (scavenging) behavior in the retarded: a critical analysis and implications for research. Interpretation of the results were limited given the research design employed.Īlbin, J.

At follow-up, the client's pica behavior was responsive to staff monitoring and verbal reprimands. The most effective treatment package: (a) taught the client to dispose of inedibles, (b) used baiting sessions, and (c) consequated pica with 15 sec of hand held restraint. Facial screening played a substantial role in the reduction of pica. Pica was successfully reduced after 5 years of intensive program implementation. The strategies were implemented in phases to: (a) eliminate life-threatening pica (b) determine the impact of facial screening on pica, and (c) determine which components were effective at eliminating pica. The study utilized four treatment strategies: (1) edible/inedible discrimination training with hand held restraint (2) edible/inedible discrimination training with facial screening, hand held restraint and a baiting procedure (3) disposal training with facial screening, hand held restraint, and a baiting procedure and (4) disposal training with hand held restraint and a baiting procedure. Other disorders, including bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, do not produce marked weight loss and are typically associated with normal or higher than expected weight.The effect of a long-term intensive treatment program on the occurrence of pica in a woman with profound mental retardation and epilepsy was investigated. Some feeding and eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, cause the individual to be significantly underweight or malnourished as a result of their eating behaviors. Other disorders, including pica and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, are characterized by atypical eating behaviors but are not prominently associated with body image disturbances. Several of these disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, are characterized by serious disturbances in body image and a preoccupation with weight and shape. People with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder have little interest in food or avoid many types of foods, which results in nutrition deficits. People with pica regularly eat non-nutritious, non-food substances. People with binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa eat large quantities of food in a short period of time (called a 'binge') people with bulimia nervosa also attempt to prevent weight gain by compensating for these binges in an inappropriate way, usually by vomiting, excessively exercising, fasting, or misusing laxatives or other medications. People with anorexia nervosa are significantly underweight because they eat very little food in an effort to lose weight or prevent weight gain.

These disorders are linked to alterations in the consumption of food or absorption of nutrients, and can result in severe distress, physical health problems, and psychosocial impairment. Feeding and eating disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance in eating behaviors.

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