feeding and eating disorders

• PICA DISORDER

  • Persistent eating of nonnutritive, nonfood substances
  • at least 1 month
  • inappropriate to the developmental level of the individual
• RUMINATION DISORDER

  • Repeated regurgitation of food.
  • Regurgitated food may be re-chewed, re-swallowed, or spit out.
  • at least 1 month
  • not attributable to an associated gastrointestinal or other medical condition
• ANOREXIA NERVOSA

  • Intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behavior that affects weight gain
  • significantly low weight
  • can be considered as ego syntonic
  • they feel proud of themselves, they think it's normal until hospitalized
• BULIMIA NERVOSA

  • Recurrent episodes of binge eating.
  • lack of control over eating during the episode
  • has compensatory behaviors
  • at least once a week for 3 months
  • ego dystonic
• BINGE-EATING DISORDER

  • Recurrent episodes of binge eating similar to bulimia minus the compensatory behavior.
  • eating until over full
  • eating large amounts even if not hungry
  • feeling bad after the binge
  • at least once a week for 3 months.
• AVOIDANT/RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER

  • extreme restrictive eating based on aversions (strong dislike)
  • low appetite or disinterest in eating 
  • no significant weight loss diff. to anorexia nervosa 
  • dependent to oral nutritional supplements 
  • a form of premorbid anorexia nervosa