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Binge Eating Disorder Gets Its Due

HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

Binge Eating Disorder Gets Its Due

binge-eating-disorder-dsm5-art-06-healthyplaceBinge Eating Disorder is included in the new DSM-5. It's been nearly 20 years since the DSM IV committee discussed binge eating disorder and the need for additional studies before it could be included in the DSM. Now, almost one thousand studies later, binge eating disorder is offically recognized as a psychiatric diagnosis.

The upside to the DSM-5 inclusion of binge eating disorder is that it will increase awareness of the illness among physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the general public. There's a specific set of criteria that can be used to determine if someone meets the threshhold for being diagnosed with B.E.D. It might also affect whether insurance companies will pay for diagnosis and treatment. I say "might" because others with long recognized eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, many times have their insurance claims denied. Eating disorders are stubborn illnesses that require long-term treatment.

"You don't have any illness. Just quit eating so much."

There's also the issue of stigma. As everyone reading this newsletter knows, there's plenty of mental health stigma to go around for everyone, no matter what mental illness you have. When it comes to B.E.D., many people have a difficult time discerning the difference between binge eating disorder and overeating. Therefore, it may take a long time before the public "gets it".

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Your Thoughts

Today's Question: Do you struggle with binge eating? For you, what is the most difficult part of dealing with binge eating? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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As a bonus, put the blogs widget on your site or blog, email us (info AT healthyplace.com) with a page link where it appears, and we'll give a shoutout to your site, blog, or social site on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

  1. Common Myths About Self-Confidence
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  3. Is Marijuana Harmful? Positive and Negative Effects of Marijuana, Weed

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Stand Up for Mental Health

Don't Buy Into Mental Health Stigma

You don't have to tolerate mental health stigma in your life. Stand Up for Yourself. Stand Up for Mental Health.

Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.

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Latest Mental Health News

These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:

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  • Only 1 In 10 Smokers With Poor Mental Health Prescribed A Smoking Cessation Medication
  • Compulsory Community Treatment For Mentally Ill Patients Does Not Reduce Rates Of Hospitalization
  • Children With Mentally Ill Parents Lack Support, UK
  • Cognition Unaffected By Substance Abuse in First-episode Schizophrenia
  • Cognitive Deficits Do Not Indicate Oncoming Manic Episode
  • Sexual Trauma Predicts Psychosis Transition

That's it for now. If you know of anyone who can benefit from this newsletter or the HealthyPlace.com site, I hope you'll pass this onto them. You can also share the newsletter on any social network (like facebook, stumbleupon, or digg) you belong to by clicking the links below. For updates throughout the week:

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APA Reference
Staff, H. (2013, March 18). Binge Eating Disorder Gets Its Due, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2024, December 21 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/binge-eating-disorder-gets-its-due

Last Updated: September 4, 2014
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Medically reviewed by Harry Croft, MD

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