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Paeds Vivas · mental-behavioural-and-psychosomatic

Pica and rumination disorder — branching viva

Branching viva on running the harm gate before the label, separating pica and rumination from their mimics, treating reversible drivers, replacing the behaviour without punitive restraint, and managing the high-risk adolescent and autism subgroups.

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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
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Prompt
You are the general paediatric registrar in an outpatient clinic. The examiner will move from a toddler with paint-chip eating, to an iron-deficient adolescent with ice craving, to an adolescent with effortless post-prandial regurgitation and weight loss, to an autistic child with persistent pica, and to a safeguarding scenario where new rumination follows family stress.

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The examiner will test whether you can run the harm gate before assigning a label, separate pica and rumination from their mimics, treat reversible drivers, replace the behaviour rather than restrain it, and keep safeguarding open when stress precedes the behaviour. [1] [2]

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  1. [1]Leung AKC Pica: A Common Condition that is Commonly Missed - An Update Review Current pediatric reviews, 2019.PMID 30868957
  2. [2]McNaughten B Fifteen-minute consultation: the child with pica Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition, 2017.PMID 28487433
  3. [4]Schnitzler E The Neurology and Psychopathology of Pica Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2022.PMID 35674869
  4. [6]Murray HB Comprehensive Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Augment Diaphragmatic Breathing for Rumination Syndrome: A Proof-of-Concept Trial Digestive diseases and sciences, 2021.PMID 33175346
  5. [7]Lamparyk K Protocol and Outcome Evaluation of Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment of Adolescent Rumination Syndrome Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2022.PMID 35687569
  6. [8]Khoo JS Impact of diagnostic testing on outcomes of children with rumination syndrome Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2025.PMID 39803885
  7. [9]Rosen R Rome V Pediatric Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction Gastroenterology, 2026.PMID 41713704
  8. [12]Dave M Lead exposure sources and public health investigations for children with elevated blood lead in England, 2014 to 2022 PloS one, 2024.PMID 39024259
  9. [13]Gresko S Longitudinal Trends of Pica Behaviors, Behavioral Support, and Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Pediatric blood & cancer, 2026.PMID 41834333
  10. [15]Lipton BA Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Infection in Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Washington, USA, 2022 Emerging infectious diseases, 2023.PMID 37209678
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