Eating Disorders
This section provides general information on eating disorders and describes the symptoms employed by psychiatrists as diagnostic criteria for disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
Please see our separate note on Treatment, Mental Disorders and Basic Science for important caveats on the role and definition of diagnostic criteria.
What are Eating Disorders?
The ICD specifies eating disorders under the following main headings:
- Anorexia nervosa
- Atypical anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Atypical bulimia nervosa
- Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances
- Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances
- Other eating disorders
- Eating disorder, unspecified
A separate article provides a brief overview of eating disorders.
External Reading Suggestions on Eating Disorders
The following books are presently bestsellers at Amazon in the area of eating disorders; the fact they're bestsellers doesn't necessarily imply anything good or bad about them as books, but it does imply that these are some of what people are buying in this field.
Related Articles at CounsellingResource.com
From the Weight Loss, Diet and Eating Disorders section of our main blog:
- Just How Strong is the Link between Anorexia and Suicide?
- Addicted to the Potential of Love
- Destructive Eating Behaviours: Destructive Pressures
- Not Listening to the Voice of Anorexia
- Anorexia, Modelling, and the Rest of Us
Recent questions from ‘Ask the Psychologist’:
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