Understanding Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) | Emocare Eating Disorders • Psychiatry • Nutrition Understanding Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) OSFED captures clinically significant feeding or eating problems that cause distress or impairment but do not…
Understanding Binge‑Eating Disorder: Symptoms, Types & Treatment | Emocare Eating Disorders • Psychiatry • Nutrition Understanding Binge‑Eating Disorder: Symptoms, Types & Treatment Binge‑eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of binge eating without compensatory…
Understanding Bulimia Nervosa: Types, Symptoms, Identification & Treatment | Emocare Eating Disorders • Psychiatry • Nutrition Understanding Bulimia Nervosa: Types, Symptoms, Identification & Treatment Bulimia nervosa (BN) is characterised by recurrent binge eating followed by inappropriate compensatory behaviours (purging, laxative/diuretic…
Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa: A Comprehensive Guide | Emocare Eating Disorders • Psychiatry • Nutrition • Medicine Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa: A Comprehensive Guide Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric disorder characterised by restriction of energy intake,…
Understanding ARFID and Its Treatment | Emocare Feeding & Eating Disorders • Pediatrics • Psychiatry Understanding ARFID — Treatment & Care Pathways This practical, treatment‑focused guide summarises assessment for medical risk, stepped care options, evidence‑based behavioural and psychological therapies, feeding…
Understanding Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) | Emocare Feeding & Eating Disorders • Pediatrics • Psychiatry Understanding Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) ARFID is a feeding/eating disorder characterised by persistent failure to meet nutritional or energy needs due to avoidance…
Understanding and Managing Rumination Disorder | Emocare Pediatrics • Gastroenterology • Psychiatry Understanding and Managing Rumination Disorder Rumination disorder involves repeated regurgitation of recently ingested food, which may be rechewed, reswallowed or spit out. It occurs across ages — from…
Understanding Pica: Types, Symptoms, and Treatment | Emocare Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Primary Care Understanding Pica: Types, Symptoms & Treatment Pica is the persistent eating of non‑nutritive, non‑food substances for at least 1 month, inappropriate to the developmental level and…
Understanding Unspecified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder | Emocare Psychosomatic Medicine • Psychiatry • Primary Care Understanding Unspecified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder This category is used when patients present with distressing somatic symptoms (pain, fatigue, GI or neurological complaints)…
Understanding Other Specified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder | Emocare Psychosomatic Medicine • Psychiatry • Primary Care Understanding Other Specified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder This category describes clinically significant somatic presentations causing distress or impairment that are important to…
