Cyclic vomit in children: seen through the psychiatrist's eye.
Sixteen patients have been seen since 1956 at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh with a disgnosis of cyclic vomiting. Five of these patients were reverred for psychiatric consultation or treatment. Four of the 16 had laparotomies and no specific pathological condition was found; seven of the patients did not have surgery or psychiatric intervention. Descriptive follow-up is given for all patients, as well as various methods of handling the problem. The psychological conflicts were found to be parental anxiety, a prolonged symbiotic relationship with the mother, and the failure of the child to separate and individuate.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012008:Recurrence; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014839:Vomiting / Q000628:therapy