Eating disorders and addiction-based disorders

Definition

Eating disorders are mental health conditions marked by an obsession with food or body shape, leading to unhealthy eating behaviors. Addiction-based disorders involve compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences.

Related terms

Anorexia Nervosa:

An eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and severe restriction of food intake leading to self-starvation and extreme thinness.

Bulimia Nervosa:

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as vomiting, fasting, or over-exercising.

Substance Use Disorder:

A type of addiction-based disorder characterized by the overuse or dependence on a drug leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's physical and mental health.