title: Diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa: looking ahead to DSM-V.
abstract: In considering possible revisions to the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN), questions can be raised regarding the 85% cutoff and consideration could be given to using a body mass index (BMI) score instead. The criterion most likely to change in the 4th ed. of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association) is the amenorrhea criterion because this does not appear to add to the diagnostic specificity.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota 58107, USA. Mitchell@medicine.nodak.edu
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Tricia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cook-Myers
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results