Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) is a DSM-5 category that, along with unspecified feeding or eating disorder (UFED), replaces the category ...OtherspecifiedfeedingoreatingdisorderFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchMedicalconditionOtherspecifiedfeedingoreatingdisorder(OSFED)SpecialtyPsychiatryOtherspecifiedfeedingoreatingdisorder(OSFED)isaDSM-5categorythat,alongwithunspecifiedfeedingoreatingdisorder(UFED),replacesthecategoryformerlycalledeatingdisordernototherwisespecified(EDNOS)intheDSM-IV-TR.[1]Itcapturesfeedingdisordersandeatingdisordersofclinicalseveritythatdonotmeetdiagnosticcriteriaforanorexianervosa(AN),bulimianervosa(BN),bingeeatingdisorder(BED),avoidant/restrictivefoodintakedisorder(ARFID),pica,orruminationdisorder.[2]OSFEDincludesfiveexamples:atypicalanorexianervosa,atypicalbulimianervosaoflowfrequencyand/orlimitedduration,bingeeatingdisorderoflowfrequencyand/orlimitedduration,purgingdisorder,andnighteatingsyndrome(NES).[2]Contents1Classification2Treatment3Epidemiology4History5References6ExternallinksClassification[edit]ThefiveOSFEDexamplesthatcanbeconsideredeatingdisordersincludeatypicalAN,BN(oflowfrequencyand/orlimitedduration),BED(oflowfrequencyand/orlimitedduration),purgingdisorder,andNES.Ofnote,OSFEDisnotlimitedtothesefiveexamples,andcanincludeindividualswithheterogeneouseatingdisorderpresentations(i.e.,OSFED-other).Anotherterm,UnspecifiedFeedingorEatingDisorder(UFED),isusedtodescribeindividualsforwhomfulldiagnosticcriteriaarenotmetbutthereasonremainsunspecifiedorthecliniciandoesnothaveadequateinformationtomakeamoredefinitivediagnosis.[2]AtypicalanorexianervosaInatypicalAN,individualsmeetallofthecriteriaforAN,withtheexceptionoftheweightcriterion:theindividual'sweightremainswithinorabovethenormalrange,despitesignificantweightloss.[2]AtypicalbulimianervosaInthissub-thresholdversionofBN,individualsmeetallcriteriaforBN,withtheexceptionofthefrequencycriterion:bingeeatingandinappropriatecompensatorybehaviorsoccur,o