Behavior modification in the treatment of rumination.
Rumination is repeated regurgitation without nausea or associated gastrointestinal illness with concomitant weight loss and malnutrition. This paper describes a ruminating infant who was becoming severely malnourished. Hyperalimentation was used to provide necessary nutrition, and a paradigm of aversive behavior modification was instituted. This form of therapy was successful after less than four weeks, with no harmful side effects and no recurrence of the disorder.
D001348:Aversive Therapy; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D014839:Vomiting / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy