Diagnostic Categories for Eating Disorders: Current Status and What Lies Ahead

B Timothy Walsh

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2018.10.001

Diagnostic Categories for Eating Disorders: Current Status and What Lies Ahead

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2019 Mar;42(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.10.001. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Author

B Timothy Walsh¹

Affiliation

¹ New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: btw1@cumc.columbia.edu.

PMID: 30704631
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.10.001

Abstract

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) for 6 feeding and eating disorders were published in 2013 and were notable for officially recognizing binge-eating disorder and for articulating criteria for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. The criteria and the rationale for them are briefly described, and current and future challenges are discussed.

Keywords: ARFID; Anorexia nervosa; Binge-eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; DSM-5; Eating disorders.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / classification*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / diagnosis*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / epidemiology
Humans
Severity of Illness Index*