The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduced a chapter titled “Feeding and Eating Disorders,” which takes a life-span approach to diagnosing eating disorders and contains all related diagnoses. Rather than appearing throughout the text, all eating disorders are now contained within their own chapter for ease of review and comparison. Changes ...

OBJECTIVE The present review examines the extant literature regarding the post-operative development of eating disorders (e.g., EDNOS) in bariatric surgery patients. METHOD Internet, PsycINFO, Pubmed, and reference lists were examined to aggregate and compare literature from January 1985 to May 2010. RESULTS Several case studies and case series have investigated the emergence of eating diso...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between eating disorders and attentional biases. METHOD The first study comprised 23 female patients with clinical eating disorders, women with high levels of anxiety (n = 19), and three female normal control groups comprising low (n = 31), moderate (n = 21), or high levels of shape concern (n = 23). The second study comprised 82 women with clinical eatin...

The number of offenders with eating disorders in women's prisons in Japan has grown annually over the last 15 years. Women's prisons have experienced significant difficulties in the management of patients with eating disorders who have body-critical complications arising from low body weight, in addition to behavioral problems. Patients in Japan's 185 correctional facilities who display high re...

OBJECTIVE Smoking has been reported as an appetite and weight control method in eating disorders; however, few studies have explored patterns of smoking across subtypes of eating disorders. The aim of this paper was to explore the patterns and prevalence of smoking behavior in 1,524 women from two of the multisite Price Foundation Genetic studies. METHOD Smoking behavior was assessed in 306 i...

The debate concerning the pathogenesis and the maintaining factors of eating disorders, anorexia nervosa in particular, is ongoing especially since therapeutic interventions do not result in satisfactory and enduring rates of remission. This paper presents a model for the pathogenesis of eating disorders, based on the hypothesis of a deficiency in the development of the self. We present the the...

UNLABELLED Eating disorders and social anxiety are highly co-occurring. These disorders share fears of social evaluation, possibly maintained by similar cognitive content and styles, including an inability to adapt or flexibly respond to unexpected conditions. However, the role of cognitive inflexibility in eating disorders in relation to social anxiety has not been explored. OBJECTIVE In thi...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...