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Rumination Disorder

Diagnosis, Complications, Mediating Variables, and Treatment

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Rumination is the voluntary and pleasurable repeated regurgitation of stomach contents in the absence of organic cause. Foods or fluids are brought up into the mouth and reswallowed or expelled. Although some ruminators may strain and noticeably contract their gastroesophageal muscles or use their fingers to induce rumination, the act of rumination for many ruminators appears almost effortless (Humphrey, Mayes, Bixler, & Good, 1989; Mayes, 1988, 1992; Mayes, Humphrey, Handford, & Mitchell, 1988).

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Mayes, S.D. (1992). Rumination Disorder. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9838-7_7

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