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Drive for thinness provides an alternative, more meaningful, severity indicator than the DSM-5 severity indices for eating disorders.

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Abstract
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To assess an alternative trans-diagnostic indicator for severity based on drive for thinness (DT) for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), and to compare this new approach to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) severity categories for EDs.

Year of Publication
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2020
Journal
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European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association
Date Published
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2020
ISSN Number
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1072-4133
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2776
DOI
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10.1002/erv.2776
Short Title
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Eur Eat Disord Rev
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