title: Change Is Never Easy, but It Is Possible: Reflections on Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Two Years After Its Introduction in the DSM-5.
abstract: One of the most significant changes to the section on Feeding and Eating Disorders in the DSM-5 was that feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood was renamed avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder or ARFID, and the criteria was significantly expanded. This diagnostic category was informed by field studies, analysis, and expert opinion. To date, research exploring the prevalence, clinical characteristics and utility have helped substantiate the recognition and need for the diagnostic category of AFRID as a distinct eating disorder diagnosis in the DSM-5.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: debra.katzman@sickkids.ca.
authors.forename: Debra K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Katzman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Adolescents; Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID); DSM-5; Diagnosis; Eating disorders