To determine if the person has a disorder, the doctor will follow the criteria listed in the DSM-5, which has checklists to diagnose each of the six feeding and eating disorders: anorexia nervosa ...

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Introduction Eating disorders (EDs) are complex psychological and physiological disorders that often co-occur in the presence of other mental health difficulties. Mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) ...

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Within this overall process, the eating disorders have only recently received ... and it is likely that the criteria will continue to evolve as our knowledge base increases.

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to become ... considered an official mental health condition by the DSM-5 — the manual used to diagnose mental illnesses.

Fifth Edition (DSM-5), which sets criteria for diagnosing the disorder based on severity and status. While anorexia is often associated with being underweight, other eating disorders, such as ...