Our hope is that children with pica will receive early intervention to prevent pica from developing into life-threatening behavior.Ĭopyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Our hope is that administrators, professionals and practitioners will consider our guidelines and recommendations as they attempt to protect people with pica and developmental disabilities from harm by developing standards for assessment, treatment and prevention for this difficult-to-treat population. These recommendations are based on two extensive reviews of the literature and our extensive experience as practitioners in the treatment of pica. We make recommendations for assessment, treatment, and prevention of pica for practitioners. Learn more about the treatment and diagnosis of the ingestion of feces and foreign objects in cats on PetMD. Generally, neither of these conditions are the result of an underlying disease, but may be the result of a mineral or vitamin deficiency. Coprophagia is the eating and ingesting of feces. A second limitation of current research is that some studies reduced pica substantially, but pica responses still occurred at rates that are problematic in terms of prevention of adverse consequences, which leaves practitioners with the task of further decreasing pica to protect people exhibiting pica from harm. Pica is a medical issue referring to a craving for non-food items and the subsequent eating of them. While a number of published studies have demonstrated that pica behavior can be decreased substantially with behavioral treatment, few of these studies incorporated strategies for generalization and maintenance outside of brief sessions. Studies also indicate that pica has led to the death of people with developmental disabilities. Pica is a medical issue referring to a craving for non-food items and the subsequent eating of them. Pica is a dangerous form of self-injurious behavior that occurs in people with developmental disabilities who are institutionalized.
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