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Psychological Treatment Approaches To Psychogenic Vomiting and Rumination

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Psychophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Vomiting or emesis is a common physiological malady which may have many causes (Feldman & Fordtran, 1978). One etiological factor which is gaining increasing attention in the literature is the possible psychogenic basis for emesis (Hill, 1968; Hoyt & Stickler, 1960; Kanner, 1972; Leibovich, 1973; Reinhart, Evans, & McFadden, 1977). Attempts have been made to distinguish three unique types of psychogenic vomiting: (1) chronic vomiting; (2) rumination; and (3) cyclic vomiting (Feldman & Fordtran, 1978; Kanner, 1972). Each is believed to present a different clinical picture and different etiology.

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  1. Department of Human Development Counseling, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37240, USA

    Robert Pazulinec

  2. Behavioral Medicine Program, Lamar Medical Center, Vernon, Alabama, 355921, USA

    Thomas Sajwaj

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  1. Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

    Rupert Hölzl

  2. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Pazulinec, R., Sajwaj, T. (1983). Psychological Treatment Approaches To Psychogenic Vomiting and Rumination. In: Hölzl, R., Whitehead, W.E. (eds) Psychophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3530-6_4

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