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Eating disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Stefano Erzegovesi  and
Laura Bellodi
Stefano Erzegovesi*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Eating Disorders Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milano; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
Laura Bellodi
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Eating Disorders Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milano; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
*
*Address for correspondence: Stefano Erzegovesi, MD, Dept. of Neurosciences, Eating Disorders Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele, Via Stamira d’Ancona 20, 20127 Milano, Italy. (Email: erzegovesi.stefano@hsr.it)
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Abstract

Twenty years have passed from the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and, in the meanwhile, a lot of research data about eating disorders has been published. This article reviews the main modifications to the classification of eating disorders reported in the “Feeding and Eating Disorders” chapter of the DSM-5, and compares them with the ICD-10 diagnostic guidelines. Particularly, we will show that DSM-5 criteria widened the diagnoses of anorexia and bulimia nervosa to less severe forms (so decreasing the frequency of Eating Disorders, Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) diagnoses), introduced the new category of Binge Eating Disorder, and incorporated several feeding disorders that were first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. On the whole, the DSM-5 revision should allow the clinician to make more reliable and timely diagnoses for eating disorders.

Keywords

Anorexia nervosabinge eating disorderbulimia nervosaDSM-5ICD-10

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Review Articles
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 21 , Special Issue 4: Nosology in DSM5 vs. ICD , August 2016 , pp. 304 - 309
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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