Purging disorder falls under the category of "other specified feeding or eating disorder" (OSFED) in the DSM-5. Unlike anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder (BID), purging ...

Lifestyle Lead and Multi-Media Journalist. To mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week, RTÉ will once again show the hard-hitting documentary, Anorexia, My Family & Me. It will air on RTÉ One on ...

These include anorexia nervosa as the most common one, followed by bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, rumination, and two categories that ...

Newson says that psychiatrists she’s met will simply prescribe the contraceptive pill – packed with synthetic hormones – to restart a woman’s periods if they’ve stopped due to anorexia.

Molly Leonard from Rhoose was diagnosed with anorexia when she was 19 and had to travel as far away as Glasgow to receive intensive treatment A woman who was diagnosed with anorexia at 19 had to ...

Conor Doherty developed an eating disorder when he was aged 13 A 27-year-old man who developed anorexia as a teenager has said he used to hide in school bathrooms at meal times and avoided family ...

Kim Leadbeater’s proposals do not protect patients with anorexia nervosa from assisted suicide, an MP has warned. Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney, who sits on the committee selected to scrutinise the ...