https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-07-27T12:25:20-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2024-02-20T23:39:41-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/anorexia?rev=1708501181&do=diff Anorexia Nervosa Primer Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by a fear of gaining weight, strong desire to be thin, and food restriction, which results in low weight. It is the highest mortality psychiatric illness with a mortality rate of 10%. text/html 2021-03-29T15:04:32-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/avoidant?rev=1617055472&do=diff Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Primer Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by avoidance or restriction of food intake, resulting in clinically significant failure to meet requirements for nutrition or insufficient energy intake through oral intake of food. text/html 2024-01-11T22:31:56-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/binge?rev=1705041116&do=diff Binge-Eating Disorder Primer Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by episodes of consuming food in a larger amount than is normal in a short time. Epidemiology * In the United States, the 12-month prevalence is 1.6% for females and 0.8% for males. text/html 2024-01-11T22:30:30-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/bulimia?rev=1705041030&do=diff Bulimia Nervosa Primer Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating, compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, and self-evaluation that is significantly influenced by body shape and weight. Epidemiology * The 12-month prevalence in young females is 1 to 1.5%, with a peak in older adolescence and young adulthood. text/html 2021-03-02T18:30:58-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/home?rev=1614738658&do=diff Feeding and Eating Disorders Primer Feeding and Eating Disorders are mental disorders that involve a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behaviours that cause a change in consumption or absorption of food. Additionally, this change significantly impacts the individual's physical health and/or psychosocial functioning.<ul id="frontpage "style="column-width:20em; -webkit-column-count: 1; -moz-column-count: 1; column-count: 1;" class="catlist_columns catlist-nslist" ><ul id="frontp… text/html 2021-03-29T15:04:32-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/pica?rev=1617055472&do=diff Pica Primer Pica is an eating disorder characterized by the eating of one or more non-nutritive, non-food substances on a persistent basis over a period of at least one month that is severe enough to warrant clinical attention. Epidemiology * The prevalence of pica is unclear, but is higher in individuals with severe intellectual disability (up to 9 to 25% in institutionalized populations text/html 2021-03-29T15:04:32-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/rumination?rev=1617055472&do=diff Rumination Disorder Primer Rumination Disorder is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by repeated regurgitation of food occurring after feeding or eating over a period of at least one month. Epidemiology * The prevalence is not well understood, but is most common in those with intellectual disability. text/html 2021-05-12T18:57:38-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/eating-disorders/z-other-specified?rev=1620871058&do=diff Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders Primer Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders is a category of DSM-5 diagnoses that applies to individuals who have symptoms characteristic of an eating or feeding disorder (e.g. - Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa) but do not meet the full criteria for any of them. The other specified feeding or eating disorder category is used in situations in which the clinician chooses to communicate the specific reason that the presentation does not meet t…