ONSET OF OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN PREGNANCY WITH PICA AS THE SOLE MANIFESTATION

Pica refers to eating of non-nutritious Cargo Trousers substances, which is usually seen in childhood or pregnancy.Here we report a case of an illiterate tribal woman who developed pica as the sole manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorder, with onset during pregnancy.The patient had compulsions of eating uncooked rice or wheat, which resulted