Title: Pica Disorder Author: Rama khaled hussban Editor: Ihdaa Mahmoud Bani Khalaf,  Sadeen Eid Reviewer: Ethar Hazaimeh Keywords: pica, pagophagia, iron deficiency, lead poisoning Introduction The term “Pica” has come from “pica-pica” the Latin word for the magpie bird; because of gathering and eating a variety of objects for curiosity.1 And the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) defines a pica as eating nonnutritive, nonfood substances over a period of at least one month.2  Pica refers to the persistent, compulsive craving to ingest inedible substances. And for diagnosis, this behavior must last for at least one month, also […]