Diagnostic Considerations
DSM 5 Chapter: Feeding and Eating Disorders
Clinical Features: "persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning” (APA, p. 329)
Similarities to Substance Addictions:
"Some individuals with disorders described in this chapter report eating-related symptoms resembling those typically endorsed by individuals with substance use disorders, such as craving and patterns of compulsive use" (APA, p. 329).
"This resemblance may reflect the involvement of the same neural systems, including those implicated in regulatory self-control and reward, in both groups of disorders. HOwever the relative contributions of shared and distinct factors remain insufficiently understood" (APA, p. 329).
Clinical Features: "persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning” (APA, p. 329)
Similarities to Substance Addictions:
"Some individuals with disorders described in this chapter report eating-related symptoms resembling those typically endorsed by individuals with substance use disorders, such as craving and patterns of compulsive use" (APA, p. 329).
"This resemblance may reflect the involvement of the same neural systems, including those implicated in regulatory self-control and reward, in both groups of disorders. HOwever the relative contributions of shared and distinct factors remain insufficiently understood" (APA, p. 329).