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Monday, February 15, 2010

DSM-V to Include Binge Eating as Separate Disorder

In the run-up to the May 2013 publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), the American Psychiatric Association has posted a draft of the new manual on the website www.DSM5.org., and is inviting feedback from the public.

Among the changes is one that will be of particular interest to those who treat or have been affected by eating disorders: Binge eating disorder is scheduled to be classified as a separate disorder in the DSM-V.

In the current edition (DSM-IV, which was published in 1994), eating disorders are represented in three categories:
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
In the "rationale" section of the DSM5 website, APA notes that "Binge Eating Disorder is one of the disorders in the DSM-IV appendix. It is recommended that it be formally included as a disorder in DSM-5."

Labels: binge eating, dsm-v

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