Should overeating and obesity be classified as an addictive disorder in DSM-5?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1128-1131

  Moreno, Claudia ^a   Tandona, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Binge eating; Dsm; Obesity; Psychiatric classification

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 79957656928     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211795656701     Document Type: Article

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