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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Specialty. Dermatology. Psychiatry. Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [4] [5]
312.9 Disruptive Behavior Disorder NOS; Feeding and eating disorders of infancy or early childhood. 307.52 Pica; 307.53 Rumination disorder; 307.59 Feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood; Tic disorders. 307.23 Tourette's disorder; 307.22 Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder; 307.21 Transient tic disorder; 307.20 Tic disorder NOS
Included only in the DSM-IV. 294.10. Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, with late onset, without behavioral disturbance. Included only in the DSM-IV-TR. 301.6. Dependent personality disorder. 300.6. Depersonalization disorder. 311.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition ( DSM-5 ), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In 2022, a revised version (DSM-5-TR) was published. [1]
Not otherwise specified. In medicine, not otherwise specified ( NOS) is a subcategory in systems of disease /disorder classification such as ICD-9, ICD-10, or DSM-IV. It is generally used to note the presence of an illness where the symptoms presented were sufficient to make a general diagnosis, but where a specific diagnosis was not made. The ...
Patients with atypical anorexia were diagnosed with the DSM-4 qualification "eating disorder not otherwise specified" (EDNOS) until the DSM-5 was released in 2013. Prior to DSM-5, EDNOS made up the majority of eating disorders diagnoses, making it difficult to estimate the prevalence of atypical anorexia during this period.
Although the prevalence rates vary greatly, between 37% and 100%, there appears to be a link between traumatic events and eating disorder diagnosis. Approximately 72% of individuals with anorexia report experiencing a traumatic event prior to the onset of eating disorder symptoms, with binge-purge subtype reporting the highest rates.