• Characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight (85%)
• intense fear of being fat
• disturbance in how one's body is experienced
• Amenorrhea

• Restrictive type
• Binge/Purging type

• Obsessive-compulsive (restrictive)
• Depression
• Substance-abuse

• .3% to .5% in females
• (1 to 10) Male to female 

• 2x a week for 3 months
• recurrent episode of binge eating
• recurrent inappropriate compensatory 
• self-evaluation influenced by body

• Purging type
• Non-purging type

• 1%-3% in females
• 1 to 10 male to female
• An -> BN (hard to restrict)

• the majority of individuals fall into this category
• BED-> own diagnosis in DSM-5 which may reduce this category

• Meet 3 out of 5 criteria
• Over eat more consistently throughout the day and are more likely to be overweight or obese

• Motivated behavior disorder
• Disorder of dieting (consuming passion) 
• Behavioral expression reinforces repitition 
• problem- what the patient DOES
• Behavior is influenced through social learing

• Genetics
• Personality 
• Developmental 
• Sociocultural

• Family especially parents (social support) 
• Comments from parents (mothers) 
• Girls who eat alone, divorce, no support from family
• escape avoidance coping
• high body concern

BN & AN ( CBT) 

AN 

• Inpatient 
• flooding
• group