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Thomas Jefferson University

2011

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Personality Disorder And The Recurrent Swallowing Of Foreign Bodies, Robert Jay Claire, M.D. Nov 2011

Personality Disorder And The Recurrent Swallowing Of Foreign Bodies, Robert Jay Claire, M.D.

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Psychiatrists are frequently asked to assist colleagues with the medical and surgical sequela of psychiatric disorders. The Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry service was consulted by the Surgical Service to evaluate a patient who repeatedly swallowed foreign bodies. The following is a case report, brief review of the literature and discussion.