Remember in school or college, a lot was often talked about that one child or those few children who had the unusual habit of relishing bricks, chalks, or smelling superglue, etc.? This is neither a ...

Willis prescribed a vomit and ordered his patient to keep to a ‘strict diet’, forgoing her strange cravings. The definition ...

Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections—blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we're all guilty of picking at from time to time. Consider the temptation of that bulbous yellow head of a spot ...

You may have seen someone chewing chalk, eating clay, or even craving ash, and wondered why they'd engage in such behaviour. While these actions may seem strange or unsettling, for some individuals, ...