CEDS Study Guide
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
1. How is anorexia nervosa defined by the DSM-5? Answer: - restriction of
energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significant low body weight in the context of age,
sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health (less than minimally normal/expected)
-intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain
disturbed by one's body weight/shape, self worth influenced by body weight/shape, or persistent lack of
recognition of seriousness of low body weight
2. How is severity of AN determined by the DSM-5? Answer: based on BMI
derived from World Health Organization categories for thinness in adults:
Mild : greater than or equal to 17 kg/m^2
Moderate: 16.0-16.99 kg/m^2
,Severe : 15.0-15.99 kg/m^2
Extremer: <15 kg/m^2
3. What are the different subtypes for anorexia nervosa defined by
DMS-5? Answer: Re- stricting type: not regularly engaging in binge-eating or purging
Binge eating/purge type A: regularly engaging in bingeing & purging
4. According to the DSM-5, what is the criteria for partial remission for
AN? Answer: After full criteria is met, low body weight has not been met for sustained period,
BUT at least one of following 2 criteria are still met:
-intense fear of gaining weight/becoming obese or behavior that interferes with weight gain
-disturbed by weight and shape
5. How is Bulimia defined by the DSM-5? Answer: - recurrent episodes of binge eating
as characterized by both:
eating, within a 2 hour period, an amount of food that is definitively larger than what most individuals
eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances
a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating
-recurrent compensatory behaviors in order to prevent weight gain such as self-induced vomiting; misuse
of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting or excessive exercise
-the binge eating and other inappropriate compensatory behaviors occur, on average, at least once a
, week for 3 months
-self evaluation is unjustifiably influenced by body shape and weight
-the disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
1. How is anorexia nervosa defined by the DSM-5? Answer: - restriction of
energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significant low body weight in the context of age,
sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health (less than minimally normal/expected)
-intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain
disturbed by one's body weight/shape, self worth influenced by body weight/shape, or persistent lack of
recognition of seriousness of low body weight
2. How is severity of AN determined by the DSM-5? Answer: based on BMI
derived from World Health Organization categories for thinness in adults:
Mild : greater than or equal to 17 kg/m^2
Moderate: 16.0-16.99 kg/m^2
,Severe : 15.0-15.99 kg/m^2
Extremer: <15 kg/m^2
3. What are the different subtypes for anorexia nervosa defined by
DMS-5? Answer: Re- stricting type: not regularly engaging in binge-eating or purging
Binge eating/purge type A: regularly engaging in bingeing & purging
4. According to the DSM-5, what is the criteria for partial remission for
AN? Answer: After full criteria is met, low body weight has not been met for sustained period,
BUT at least one of following 2 criteria are still met:
-intense fear of gaining weight/becoming obese or behavior that interferes with weight gain
-disturbed by weight and shape
5. How is Bulimia defined by the DSM-5? Answer: - recurrent episodes of binge eating
as characterized by both:
eating, within a 2 hour period, an amount of food that is definitively larger than what most individuals
eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances
a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating
-recurrent compensatory behaviors in order to prevent weight gain such as self-induced vomiting; misuse
of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting or excessive exercise
-the binge eating and other inappropriate compensatory behaviors occur, on average, at least once a
, week for 3 months
-self evaluation is unjustifiably influenced by body shape and weight
-the disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
