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Diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa: Looking ahead to DSM-V
✍ Scribed by Mitchell, James E. ;Cook-Myers, Tricia ;Wonderlich, Stephen A.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
In considering possible revisions to the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN), questions can be raised regarding the 85% cutoff and consideration could be given to using a body mass index (BMI) score instead. The criterion most likely to change in the 4th ed. of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association) is the amenorrhea criterion because this does not appear to add to the diagnostic specificity.