Question 1 (part 2) · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
Which of the following statements concerning selected criteria of eating disorders is true:
- A. pica is persistent consumption of non-food items for at least half a year, both in children and adults.
- B. food regurgitation in chewing disorders is caused by the patient’s general medical condition e.g. hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
- C. an avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is a result of, among others, the organoleptic attributes of food and a fear of undesirable consequences of eating.
- D. the risk of mortality in anorexia nervosa is low compared to other mental disorders.
- E. binge eating disorders and bulimia nervosa are the same diagnoses in DSM5.
Hint
Recall the DSM-5 duration for pica, the exclusion rule in rumination disorder and what motivates food restriction in ARFID.
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