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My girlfriend has pica disorder and i really don't know how to help her. need some advice?
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Pica: Read the accompanying article. Have her see a family practitioner to have various nutritional deficiencies ruled out and then see a behavioral therapist for psychotherapy and a psychiatrist for a full diagnostic evaluation and treatment of any other psychiatric condition that may be present. Best wishes. En.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/pica_(disorder).
Answered 12/10/2013
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