OBJECTIVE The Pictorial Instrument for Children and Adolescents (PICA-III-R) is presented as part of a comprehensive review of the tools used to diagnose psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. METHOD The PICA-III-R's development, content, initial psychometric properties, and directions for use are described. RESULTS The PICA-III-R assesses all DSM-III-R Axis I psychiatric disord...

This report is based on the interesting clinical case study of a teenage based in India with long standing history of ingesting nonnutritive materials. She was initially non-selective, but later began more exclusively consuming mud obtained from a wall in the back yard of her house on regular basis. She suffered from a eating disorder known as pica. The DSM-IV defines pica as a form of feeding ...

Because of the wide spread of magnetic resonance image (MRI), it may be increasing to find a dissecting aneurysm (DA) of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) that causes headache without associated hemorrhage or infarction. Generally, surgical treatment might be considered in cases of DA with hemorrhage. However, the treatment of an unruptured DA with headache or infarction has not b...

To cite: Gupta M, Sachdev A, Lehl SS, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-008929 DESCRIPTION A 50-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with history of lower retrosternal chest discomfort and acute dysphagia. Questioning revealed that she had consumed large pieces clay (∼200 g) half an hour prior to the chest pain. She had m...

PICA is an act or habit of eating non-food items such as stone, bricks, chalk, soap, paper, soil etc., It occurs in children who actually start seeing the world through the oral cavity. There are many theories behind it such as iron and zinc deficiency etc., We as dentists should be able to diagnose and treat such conditions, as they may cause ill-effects to the developing dentition. This case ...

Up to date 2 species of Mallophaga have been reported from birds in Iran. Further studies in Tehran area showed that the wild birds harbour more lice. The following species of Mallophage are reported for the first time from birds in Iran. Anaticola crassicornis from Anas clypeata, Laemobothrion maximum from Falco tinnunculus Laemobothrion sp. from Aquila chrysaetos Alcedoecus annulatus from Alc...