Rumination — A Near Fatal Psychiatric Disease of Infancy

Abstract

Abstract A six-and-a-half-month-old male infant received an intensive diagnostic evaluation for life-threatening persistent vomiting. The correct diagnosis of rumination was missed for a month. His mother was found to be schizophrenic. Striking improvement resulted from kindness and affectionate care. The observations confirm that a disturbed emotional maternal-child relation is the cause of this disorder.