title: [Eating addiction - a behavioral addiction?].
abstract: With the introduction of the category Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders in DSM-5 for the first time behavioral addictions have entered the medical classification system. Food Addiction can be diagnosed with a 25-item questionnaire based on DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence. Food Addiction centers between substance-based addiction and non-substance-based behavioral addiction. To date, there is no evidence for a food component displaying addictive properties similar to psychotropic substances, such as cocaine or heroin. There is a lack of valid and reliable psychiatric-diagnostic criteria that aim to characterize Eating-Addiction as a behavioral addiction.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, LVR Klinikum Essen, Universitätsklinikum Essen (AöR).
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, LVR Klinikum Essen, Universitätsklinikum Essen (AöR).
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hebebrand
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans