Psychogenic Vomiting Among Female Asian Migrants To the United Kingdom

David J. Clarke, Paula H. Salmons and Tom Harrison
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David J. Clarke: University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Paula H. Salmons: Burton Road Hospital, Burton Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 3BX, United Kingdom
Tom Harrison: Hollymoor Hospital, Tessall Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5X, United Kingdom

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1988, vol. 34, issue 3, 221-229

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 adop tion 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.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400308

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