Obesity not an eating disorder
I'm glad to hear the news today that "obesity" is not to be considered a psychiatric disorder. I have been very concerned about this idea just as I am about diagnosing being underweight as an eating disorder.
Weight is not a psychiatric condition. Weight is sometimes the result of behaviors driven BY a mental illness, however.
Diagnosing mental illness by weight would be like diagnosing anxiety by bitten nails or OCDs by how clean one's hands are.
Weight is not a psychiatric condition. Weight is sometimes the result of behaviors driven BY a mental illness, however.
Diagnosing mental illness by weight would be like diagnosing anxiety by bitten nails or OCDs by how clean one's hands are.
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