EDNOS is a classification of disordered eating that falls outside of the criteria of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.SkiptocontentNowOfferingVirtualEatingDisorderTreatmentOptionsLearnMoreEDNOSFactsWalden2018-11-02T16:05:02-04:00[contact-form-7id=”14768″title=”EatingDisordersandAddictions”]EDNOSFactsTheFactsAboutEatingDisordersNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)AccordingtoDSM-IV(DiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders),thereisaclassificationofdisorderedeatingthatfallsoutsideofthecriteriaofanorexia,bulimiaandbingeeating.ThiscategoryisreferredtoasEDNOS–EatingDisordersNotOtherwiseSpecified–andrepresentsamajorityofthosewitheatingdisorders.EDNOScoversthosewhofailtomeetallguidelinesforeatingdisorders,whichmeansthattheymaynotqualifyforcoveragefortheirillness.Forexample:Apersonwithanorexiawhoweights87%ofheridealbodyweight(IBW)technicallyhasanEDNOS,becausetheguidelinessaytheindividualshouldweighnomorethan85%ofIBWtobeconsideredanorexic.Awomanwhomeetstheweightcriteriaforanorexia,butstillhasherperiodwouldbeclassifiedashavinganEDNOS.ApersonwithEDNOSwhobingesandpurgesonceaweektechnicallyhasanEDNOS,becausetheguidelinessaytheindividualshouldbingeandpurgeatleasttwiceaweektobeconsideredbulimic.Apersonwithbingeeatingdisorder(BED)whobingesonceaweektechnicallyhasanEDNOS,becausetheguidelinessaytheindividualshouldbingeatleasttwiceaweektobeconsideredbulimic.Apersonwhocombinessymptomsofanorexiaandbulimia,butdoesnotmeetallofthemedicalcriteriaforeitherdiseasewouldbeclassifiedashavinganEDNOS.WaldenBehavioralCareadvocatesabroadeningofguidelinessothatindividualswhoareclassifiedashavinganEDNOScanreceivethetreatmenttheyneed.CurrentguidelinesgivethosewithanEDNOSanincentivetogetworse,sotheycanreceivecoveragefortheirillness.Itisdifficultforthosewitheatingdisorderstoachieverecovery,buttheearliertreatmentbegins,thegreatertheprobabilityofrecovery.OtherEatingDisordersNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)Whilemostpeoplewitheatingdisordershaveanorexia,bulimiaorbinge-eatingdisorder,buttherearealsootherlesscommone