O'Brien G, Whitehouse A M
Ida Darwin Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge.
Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Aug;157:281-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.157.2.281.
A study of deviant eating behaviour among mentally handicapped adults in community placements is reported. Those individuals with a psychiatric disorder showed more deviant eating behaviour. Depressed subjects, in particular, showed an excess of the amount eaten and time spent searching for food, as well as the tendency to eat all sweet food presented to them. Non-food pica was uncommon, even among the autistic subjects.
本文报告了一项关于社区安置的成年智障者异常饮食行为的研究。患有精神疾病的个体表现出更多的异常饮食行为。特别是抑郁症患者，进食量和寻找食物所花费的时间过多，并且有吃掉提供给他们的所有甜食的倾向。非食物异食癖并不常见，即使在自闭症患者中也是如此。
