When Using DSM-IV Criteria, the Most Frequently Diagnosed Eating Disorder

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Short Answer

When using DSM-IV criteria, the most frequently diagnosed eating disorder was eating disorder, not otherwise specified (EDNOS). How has DSM-5 changed the diagnostic criteria for the eating disorders as a result?

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Definitions:

Randomly Assigned

A method used in experiments where participants are allocated to different groups in a way that is determined entirely by chance.

Experimental Groups

Groups in an experiment that receive the treatment or intervention being tested, as opposed to the control group which does not.

Control Groups

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment, serving as a comparison to evaluate the effect of the treatment.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the independent variable is the factor that is manipulated to see if it causes a change in the outcome or dependent variable.