Swallowing Foreign Bodies as an Example of Impulse Control Disorder in a Patient With Intellectual Disabilities A Case Report

• Published in: Psychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township)) Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 34 - 37
• Main Authors: te Wildt, Bert T., Tettenborn, Christian, Schneider, Udo, Ohlmeier, Martin D., Zedler, Markus, Zakhalev, Roman, Krueger, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Matrix Medical Communications 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Case Report

Objective. Foreign body ingestion can be a challenge to multiprofessional approaches involving medical, surgical, neurological, and psychiatric teams. Case presentation. A 41-year-old male patient with intellectual disabilities presented after having swallowed approximately 20 sharp objects. While a...