Food anxiety can take many forms and entail a variety of expressions, both physical and psychological. Anxiousness is never a good feeling and is proven to be extremely detrimental to overall health and wellness, especially when the condition is recurrent or chronic. Since eating is a daily activity for life, people who suffer anxiety over […]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ARFID
Cognitive behavioral therapy for ARFID is the most common form of professional intervention for treating avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. CBT can allow people to change their eating habits without using pharmacological products or undergoing any type of psychotherapy. CBT has proven itself to be more effective than other forms of mental health services when […]
ARFID and Autism
ARFID and autism are commonly observed together. People with autism spectrum disorder demonstrate a much greater chance of suffering from one or more eating disorders, including avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, anorexia nervosa and bulimia. What is the connection between autism and eating disorders? What consequences do these conditions have on the people who suffer […]
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and OCD
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and OCD often exist together and can actually often be misdiagnosed for one another when only when is present. What is the connection between ARFID and obsessive compulsive disorder? Obsessive compulsive disorder is largely misunderstood by most people. They typically oversimplify it to fit in a neat little box (definition) […]
Diagnosis of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
The diagnosis of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder is rather subjective and based mostly on common sense. If you read through the diagnostic parameters of the disorder, you will certainly find yourself amused by at least some of them… especially if you are affected by ARFID. In my experience, people who suffer from ARFID already […]
Food Neophobia Scale
Various versions of a food neophobia scale have been created to help diagnosticians to determine the severity of food fears and also assist in the diagnosis of ARFID. I have already written about food neophobia in my dedicated post on the topic and this addendum is designed to provide a greater insight into one of […]
Selective Eating Disorder
Selective eating disorder (SED) is the former diagnostic name for the eating disorder now known clinically as Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Selective eating is a serious problem that causes physical, social and psychological negative consequences to the lives of its victims. While many cases are transitory during childhood, many people continue to suffer […]
Food Neophobia
Food neophobia describes a fear of eating new foods. Among food phobias, this is certainly one of the most common, affecting many people throughout life. While there is nothing inherently wrong with being hesitant to try new foods, some people take the practice to an extreme and wind up only eating an extreme narrow selection […]
