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Characteristics of outpatients diagnosed with the selective/neophobic presentation of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.

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Abstract
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Although Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) has existed since the publication of DSM-5 in 2013, research on the descriptive psychopathology of treatment-seeking patients with formal ARFID diagnoses is sparse, and limited to tertiary eating disorder-focused treatment settings where most patients present with weight loss/malnutrition. In these settings, the selective/neophobic symptom presentation is rare compared to other primary eating restrictions. We aimed provide initial descriptive psychopathology of ARFID primary selective/neophobic symptom presentation in an outpatient setting, and to explore the prevalence of the core ARFID symptoms and clinical differences among patients meeting criteria based on weight/nutritional symptoms versus psychosocial impairment only.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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52
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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367-377
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23013
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23013
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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