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Psychogenic vomiting among female Asian migrants to the United Kingdom
D J Clarke1, P H Salmons, T Harrison
1University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Kingdom.
The International Journal of Social Psychiatry
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Three female Asian migrants to the United Kingdom presented with vomiting which was not of organic origin. Cultural, dynamic and other factors influenced the adoption of vomiting as a manifestation of distress. Non-organic vomiting should be evaluated in terms of its symbolism, gains, and communicatory function for the individual.