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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Persistent eating of non-nutritive, non-food substances for ≥1 month
Core criterion B
Eating of non-nutritive substance is inappropriate to developmental level
Core criterion C
Not part of culturally supported or socially normative practice
Core criterion D
If occurring during another mental disorder or medical condition, severe enough to warrant independent clinical attention
Consistent with [Pica]. Over at least one month, there has been persistent eating of non-nutritive, non-food substances; repeated ingestion despite lack of nutritional value; consumption of items incongruent with developmental level. The presentation is further characterised by behaviours not culturally sanctioned and not attributable to food scarcity. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment, and the pattern is not better explained by another mental disorder (including intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder) or by a medical condition.
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