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“Psychogenic vomiting” – A potential transdiagnostic psychological construct: Inferences from case series
Anirban Ray1, Ayoleena Roy2, Aniruddha Basu3, Sukanto Sarkar4
1 Professor, Jalpaiguri Govt. Medical College, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2 Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
4 Additional Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Aniruddha Basu,
Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/amh.amh_126_22
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Psychogenic vomiting is often diagnosed in the absence of medical, psychiatric, or other conditions. Although functional gastrointestinal disorders are now an established entity, still psychogenic vomiting has its place as a temporary diagnosis till a more definitive diagnosis emerges, particularly during the developmental period. The usefulness of psychogenic vomiting is illustrated by four interrelated pediatric cases as a forerunner of formed psychopathology or as an epiphenomenon of significant psychosocial issues. Hence, psychogenic vomiting can be advocated to have a more prominent place in nosology in the coming years.
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