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Dopamine Spikes At The Sight And Smell Of Food In Binge Eaters During PET Brain Scan

A brain imaging study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory reveals a subtle difference between ordinary obese subjects and those who compulsively overeat, or binge: In binge eaters, but not ordinary obese subjects, the mere sight or smell of favorite foods triggers a spike in dopamine – a brain chemical linked […]

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APA DSM-V

DSM-5 Proposed Revisions Will Include Binge Eating Disorder And Revisions To Other Eating Disorders Criteria

The American Psychiatric Association’s proposed diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) will include new recognition of binge eating disorder and minor changes in the criteria for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Other recommended changes acknowledge that some eating disorders identified as beginning in infancy and […]

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