Clinicians should be more aware of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in their adult patients, who often present at gastroenterology clinics and receive counterproductive treatment for the condition, new research shows.
One of many known eating disorders, ARFID was described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Revision. It is differentiated from anorexia nervosa and bulimia by lack of body dysmorphia as a common presenting complaint.
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