Zeitlin S B, Polivy J
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1995 Mar;26(1):57-63. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(94)00065-t.
Coprophagia is seen, though uncommonly, in psychiatric hospitals among adult patients with diffuse brain disease and in individuals with subaverage intelligence. We describe here a case of coprophagia in an adult with normal cognitive functioning. Thorough assessment revealed that this coprophagia was a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The problem behavior responded to a behavioral treatment program comprising exposure and response prevention.
