Table 11-3: table: 11-3Dx Checklist

Binge-Eating Disorder

1.

Recurrent binge-eating episodes.

2.

Binge-eating episodes include at least three of these features: • Unusually fast eating • Absence of hunger • Uncomfortable fullness • Secret eating due to sense of shame • Subsequent feelings of self-disgust, depression, or severe guilt.

3.

Significant distress.

4.

Binge-eating episodes take place at least weekly over the course of 3 months.

5.

Absence of excessive compensatory behaviors.

(Information from: APA, 2013.)