Clinical and Psychological Profile of Three Adolescent Female Patients with Chronic Unexplained Vomiting: Relevant Diagnostic and Nosological Issues

The paper discusses the clinical presentation and profile of a series of cases with psychogenic vomiting presenting to child and adolescent psychiatric clinic at a tertiary care hospital, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, India. It adds to the scarce reports on vomiting of psychogenic origin. Current classificatory systems subsume the psychogenic vomiting as a form of eating disorder, in spite of several obvious differences