Classification of eating disorders: comparison of relative prevalence rates using DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria

DSM-5 contains substantial changes to eating disorder diagnoses. We examined relative prevalence rates of DSM-IV and DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses using Eating Disorder Examination–Questionnaire diagnostic algorithms in 117 community out-patients. DSM-5 criteria produced a reduction in combined ‘o...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2015-06, Vol.206 (6), p.519-520
Main Authors: Mancuso, Serafino G., Newton, J. Richard, Bosanac, Peter, Rossell, Susan L., Nesci, Julian B., Castle, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Algorithms
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Epidemiologic Methods
Feeding and Eating Disorders - classification
Feeding and Eating Disorders - diagnosis
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Short report
Victoria - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:DSM-5 contains substantial changes to eating disorder diagnoses. We examined relative prevalence rates of DSM-IV and DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses using Eating Disorder Examination–Questionnaire diagnostic algorithms in 117 community out-patients. DSM-5 criteria produced a reduction in combined ‘other specified feeding or eating disorder’ and ‘unspecified feeding or eating disorder’ diagnoses from 46% to 29%, an increase in anorexia nervosa diagnoses from 35% to 47%, the same number of bulimia nervosa diagnoses and a 5% rate of binge eating disorder diagnoses.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.143461