Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), previously known as feeding disorder, is a type of eating disorder in which people eat only within an extremely narrow repertoire of foods.[1] It is a serious mental health condition that causes the individual to restrict food intake by volume and/or variety.[2] This avoidance may be based on appearance, smell, taste, texture (because of sensory sensitivity), brand, presentation, fear of aversive consequences, lack of interest in food, or a past negative experience with the food, to a point that may lead to nutritional deficiencies, failure to thrive, or other negative health outcomes.[2][3][4] The fixation is not caused by a concern for body appearance or in an attempt to lose weight. [5]
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Wiki Number: W020
Diagnosis: Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
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Symptoms: eat only a very narrow menu of foods; cannot change eating habits
Progression: may exclude all fruits or all vegetable; certain certain colors, soft, etc. May still have digestive problems.
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Medications: relaxation, systematic desensitization and review
Therapies: With adults, may disappear spontaneously; with cognitive behavior therapies.
Yuoutube Video: Living with Avoidant Restrictive
Food Intake Disorder
Amazon or Library Book: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(Talking Therapy) for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: balancedtx.com, prior sign-up is required. (This group is based in New York City. I don’t know if it includes other areas.)
Contact your local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services, Section 12.08.
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- Nga Mauiui Kai: creating Indigenous Maori terms for eating disorders in Aotearoa New Zealandby Gloria Fraser on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSION: This glossary is available for use by anyone looking for terms that come from a mana-enhancing (empowering, respectful, and strengths-based) Māori worldview. The kupu (words, terms) in this glossary are offered as possibilities for use, rather than as definitive or correct, in the hopes they will promote discussion about stigma, indigeneity, and language in the eating disorders field.
- Efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological interventions for tardive dyskinesia in people with schizophrenia or mood disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysisby Marco Solmi on December 18, 2024
Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) can occur in people exposed to dopamine receptor antagonists (DRAs). Its clinical management remains challenging. We conducted a systematic review/random-effects network meta-analysis (NMA) searching PubMed/MEDLINE/PsycINFO/ClinicalTrials.gov/Cochrane Central Register (22/05/2023, pre-defined protocol https://osf.io/b52ae/ ), for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of pharmacological/brain stimulation interventions for DRA-induced TD in adults with schizophrenia or mood...
- Predictors of Outcome in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorderby Lilian P Palmer on December 16, 2024
OBJECTIVE: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID; CBT-AR) shows promise in improving clinical outcomes in children/adolescents and adults. We aimed to identify predictors of outcomes in CBT-AR. We hypothesized that younger age, non-underweight status, and presence of the fear of aversive consequences profile of ARFID would predict greater likelihood of remission post-treatment, and that presence of the lack of interest in eating/food and sensory...
- A US-Based Consensus on Diagnostic Overlap and Distinction for Pediatric Feeding Disorder and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorderby Hayley H Estrem on December 16, 2024
OBJECTIVE: As diagnoses covering dysfunctional feeding and eating in pediatrics, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) contain inherent areas of overlap in their diagnostic criteria. Areas of overlap include criteria regarding nutritional consequences associated with feeding/eating dysfunction and shared emphasis on possible psychosocial impairment associated with restricted food intake. Complicating the differential diagnosis process is a lack of...