This advice was given in the case report on “Successful treatment of coprophagia in resistant schizophrenia”, authored by D. Jayakodi (attached to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital’s Psychiatry Unit) and S.R. In addition to its rare association with schizophrenia (only a few cases have been reported, according to “Coprophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report” by S.K. Valmaggia, and F. Smit, and “The treatment of hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders” by I.E. Jayakodi and Perera presented a case of the successful management of coprophagia in a patient with resistant schizophrenia. He had been on treatment for schizophrenia for the past 15 years.

Source: The Nation June 16, 2021 19:09 UTC