title: [Pica: nosographical and psychopathological aspects].
abstract: The authors, after examining a clinical case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, associated to Pica syndrome, analyse psychopathological development of the symptomatology in its complex, refuting some statements of published studies, that include Pica within obsessive-compulsive disorder spectrum. On the contrary, they think the coexistence of the two symptomatologies simply as an expression of a comorbidity, explaining why they are prone to link Pica with eating disorders.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prisco
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iorio
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*