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DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder With or Without Agoraphobia

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A- Both (1) and (2): (1) recurrent unexpected Panic Attacks (2) at least one of the attacks has been followed by 1 month (or more) of one (or more) of the following: persistent concern about having additional attacks worry about the implications of the attack or its consequences (e.g., losing control, having a heart attack, “going … Read more

DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Major Depressive Episode

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A. Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.

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DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Bulimia Nervosa

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A. Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:

  1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances.
  2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).

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DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Anorexia Nervosa

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A. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g., weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected).
B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.

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