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Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale

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Definition

The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale is a brief self-report scale to diagnose eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. An updated version of the scale was developed recently to incorporate changes to the diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association 2013), including the addition of other specified eating disorders, such as atypical anorexia nervosa and purging disorder.

Historical Background

When the first version of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) was developed, research on eating disorders was challenged by a lack of a self-report scale that provided a diagnosis for the eating disorders. Structured clinical interviews, such as the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE; Fairburn and Cooper 1993) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (Spitzer et al. 1990), were the only means to obtain a diagnosis. Self-report measures, such as...

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Cara Bohon

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 94305, USA

    Eric Stice

  3. Clinical Psychology, Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace Dr., Eugene, OR, 97403, USA

    Eric Stice

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  1. School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Tracey Wade

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Bohon, C., Stice, E. (2017). Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-104-6_109

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