Criteria Guide
Binge-Eating Disorder DSM Criteria Guide
Use this page when the goal is to focus quickly on the DSM-style structure for Binge-Eating Disorder.
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Criterion A
- Recurrent binge eating episodes occur.
- A binge episode involves eating, in a discrete period, an amount that is definitely larger than most people would eat in similar circumstances.
- There is also a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode.
Criterion B
- The binge episodes are associated with at least 3 of the following: eating much more rapidly than normal, eating until uncomfortably full, eating large amounts when not physically hungry, eating alone because of embarrassment, or feeling disgusted, depressed, or very guilty afterward.
Criterion C
- There is marked distress regarding binge eating.
Criterion D
- The pattern occurs at least once a week for 3 months.
Criterion E
- The binge eating is not associated with regular compensatory behaviors and does not occur exclusively during bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa.