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International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 3, 221-229 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400308
© 1988 SAGE Publications

Psychogenic Vomiting Among Female Asian Migrants To the United Kingdom

David J. Clarke

University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Paula H. Salmons

Burton Road Hospital, Burton Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 3BX, United Kingdom

Tom Harrison

Hollymoor Hospital, Tessall Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5X, United Kingdom

Three female Asian migrants to the United Kingdom presented with vomiting which was not of organic origin. Cultural, dynamic and other factors influenced the adop tion of vomiting as a manifestation of distress. Non-organic vomiting should be evaluated in terms of its symbolism, gains, and communicatory function for the individual.


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