TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sharp, William G.
AU2 - Stubbs, Kathryn H.
AB - Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a diagnosis that sits squarely at the cross roads of feeding disorders and eating disorders. It is historically tied to feeding disorders as a replacement of the DSM‐IV diagnosis of feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood. The revision process, however, extended the diagnostic umbrella by removing its predecessor's weight loss requirement and age of onset restriction (i.e., 6 years). Implications of this extension include capturing an older cohort of patients with ARFID accessing care at eating disorders clinics, as well as providing a diagnostic home to previously orphaned pediatric subgroups with feeding disorders that lacked a diagnostic home prior to DSM‐5. While recognizing notable strengths of this now 5‐year‐old diagnostic entity, ARFID is largely recognized as a very heterogeneous condition that lacks specificity to best guide clinical and research activities. The current commentary discusses the implications of ARFID as a replacement and extension of the DSM‐IV diagnosis of feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood and provides the rationale and guidance for developing a subtype taxonomy.
TI - Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: A diagnosis at the intersection of feeding and eating disorders necessitating subtype differentiation
JF - International Journal of Eating Disorders
DO - 10.1002/eat.22987
DA - 2019-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/avoidant-restrictive-food-intake-disorder-a-diagnosis-at-the-tlzXHmWg7x
SP - 398
EP - 401
VL - 52
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -