Definitions
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- noun Acronym of
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified : an eating disorder that does not contain all of the characteristics of major classifications of eating disorders (such as anorexia or bulimia).
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Examples
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With anorexia, bulimia or other eating disorders not otherwise specified, sometimes referred to as EDNOS, extremely disturbed eating behavior becomes a viable method of altering a perceived (and usually distorted) negative body image.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Unattainable Lightness of Being: Eating Disorder Madness 2010
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Vastly more people wrestle with binge eating, bulimia, and EDNOS.
Aimee Liu: Food for Recovery Thought Aimee Liu 2011
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Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and EDNOS Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified, which include compulsive eating and types of anorexia or bulimia which are not severe.
Gabrielle Bernstein: How to Address an Eating Disorder Gabrielle Bernstein 2011
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Vastly more people wrestle with binge eating, bulimia, and EDNOS.
Aimee Liu: Food for Recovery Thought Aimee Liu 2011
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However, the newest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a cornerstone of psychiatry, plans to address this vagueness so that current EDNOS patients will no longer struggle with that uncertainty.
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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Currently, patients are diagnosed with EDNOS if they fail to meet all the requirements for anorexia and bulimia.
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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EDNOS causes more deaths than either anorexia or bulimia (1).
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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This is useful because many disorders that are grouped together under EDNOS are not very similar; they have different characteristics and require separate attention and treatment.
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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We have all heard of anorexia and bulimia, but what you may not know is that there is a class of eating disorders called Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS).
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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To address the high number of EDNOS cases, DSM-5 (the latest version of the manual) will better specify illnesses like Binge Eating Disorder, for example.
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Understanding 'Non-Specified Eating Disorders' 2010
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