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Characteristics Of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder In Children And Adolescents: A "New Disorder" In Dsm-5, M. M. Fisher, D. S. Rosen, R. M. Ornstein, K. A. Mammel, D. K. Katzman, E. S. Rome, S. T. Callahan, J. Malizio, S. Kearney, B. T. Walsh
Characteristics Of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder In Children And Adolescents: A "New Disorder" In Dsm-5, M. M. Fisher, D. S. Rosen, R. M. Ornstein, K. A. Mammel, D. K. Katzman, E. S. Rome, S. T. Callahan, J. Malizio, S. Kearney, B. T. Walsh
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Purpose: To evaluate the DSM-5 diagnosis of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in children and adolescents with poor eating not associated with body image concerns. Methods: A retrospective case-control study of 8e18-year-olds, using a diagnostic algorithm, compared all cases with ARFID presenting to seven adolescent-medicine eating disorder programs in 2010 to a randomly selected sample with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Demographic and clinical information were recorded. Results: Of 712 individuals studied, 98 (13.8%) met ARFID criteria. Patients with ARFID were younger than those with AN (n = 98) or BN (n = 66), (12.9 vs. 15.6 vs. …