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Pica
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Synonyms
- Eating Disorder, Pica Type
- Pica Eating Disorder
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Pica is an eating disorder that is characterized by the repeated eating of non-nutritive substances over a period of one month or longer. Patients may eat non-edible objects such as paint, plaster, dirt, ice, or laundry starch. Pica generally affects small children, pregnant women, and people whose cultural environment is most compatible with the eating of non-food items.
Resources
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
1101 King Street
Suite 420
Alexandria
VA
22314
USA
Tel: (703)684-7710
Fax: (703)836-1040
ffcmh@ffcmh.org
http://www.ffcmh.org
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street
Suite 1207
Philadelphia
PA
19107-6312
USA
Tel: (215)751-1810
Fax: (215)636-6312
800: (800)553-4539
info@mhselfhelp.org
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
National Mental Health Association
2001 North Beauregard Street
12th Floor
Alexandria
VA
22311
USA
Tel: (703)684-7722
Fax: (703)684-5968
800: (800)969-6642
TDD: (800)433-5959
infoctr@nmha.org
http://www.nmha.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 300
Arlington
VA
22201-3042
ISA
Tel: 7035247600
Fax: 7035249094
800: 8009996264
TDD: 7035167227
membership@nami.org
http://www.nami.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta
GA
30333
Tel: (404)639-3534
800: (800)311-3435
http://www.cdc.gov/netinfo.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Endocrine Diseases Metabolic Diseases Branch
2 Information Way
Bethesda
MD
20892-3570
Tel: (301)654-3810
Fax: (301)496-7422
NDDIC@info.niddk.nih.gov
http://www.niddk.nih.gov
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd
Rm 8184, MSC 9663
Rockville
MD
20892-9663
Tel: (301)443-4513
nimhinfo@nih.gov
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay
WI
54301-1243
USA
Tel: (920)336-5333
Fax: (920)339-0995
800: (877)336-5333
mums@netnet.net
http://www.netnet.net/mums/
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Last Updated: 4/10/2009
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