Editing Eating disorder (section)

=== Psychological ===
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| [[Eating Attitudes Test]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Garfinkel PE, Newman A |title=The eating attitudes test: twenty-five years later |journal=Eating and Weight Disorders |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=1–24 |date=March 2001 |pmid=11300541 |doi=10.1007/bf03339747 |s2cid=9386950}}</ref>||[[SCOFF questionnaire]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Rueda GE, Díaz LA, Campo A, Barros JA, Avila GC, Oróstegui LT, Osorio BC, Cadena L |title=[Validation of the SCOFF questionnaire for screening of eating disorders in university women] |journal=Biomedica |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=196–202 |date=June 2005 | doi = 10.7705/biomedica.v25i2.1342 |pmid=16022374|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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| [[Body Attitudes Test]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Probst M, Pieters G, Vanderlinden J |title=Evaluation of body experience questionnaires in eating disorders in female patients (AN/BN) and nonclinical participants |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=41 |issue=7 |pages=657–65 |date=November 2008 |pmid=18446834 |doi=10.1002/eat.20531}}</ref>||[[Body Attitudes Questionnaire]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ben-Tovim DI, Walker MK |title=A quantitative study of body-related attitudes in patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa |journal=Psychological Medicine |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=961–9 |date=November 1992 |pmid=1488491 |doi=10.1017/S0033291700038538 |s2cid=39143005}}</ref>
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| [[Eating Disorder Inventory]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Olson MS, Williford HN, Richards LA, Brown JA, Pugh S |title=Self-reports on the Eating Disorder Inventory by female aerobic instructors |journal=Perceptual and Motor Skills |volume=82 |issue=3 Pt 1 |pages=1051–8 |date=June 1996 |pmid=8774050 |doi=10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.1051 |s2cid=30095594}}</ref>||[[Eating Disorder Examination Interview]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Wilfley DE, Schwartz MB, Spurrell EB, Fairburn CG |s2cid=34245277 |title=Using the eating disorder examination to identify the specific psychopathology of binge eating disorder |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=259–69 |date=April 2000 |pmid=10694711 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<259::AID-EAT2>3.0.CO;2-G |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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After ruling out organic causes and the initial diagnosis of an eating disorder being made by a medical professional, a trained mental health professional aids in the assessment and treatment of the underlying psychological components of the eating disorder and any comorbid psychological conditions. The clinician conducts a clinical interview and may employ various [[psychometric]] tests. Some are general in nature while others were devised specifically for use in the assessment of eating disorders. Some of the general tests that may be used are the [[Hamilton Depression Rating Scale]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ehle G, Wahlstab A, Ott J |title=[Psychodiagnostic findings in anorexia nervosa and post-pill amenorrhea] |journal=Psychiatrie, Neurologie, und Medizinische Psychologie |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=647–56 |date=November 1982 |pmid=7170321}}</ref> and the [[Beck Depression Inventory]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kennedy SH, Kaplan AS, Garfinkel PE, Rockert W, Toner B, Abbey SE |title=Depression in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: discriminating depressive symptoms and episodes |journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research |volume=38 |issue=7 |pages=773–82 |date=October 1994 |pmid=7877132 |doi=10.1016/0022-3999(94)90030-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Camargo EE |title=Brain SPECT in neurology and psychiatry |journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=611–23 |date=April 2001 |pmid=11337551}}</ref> longitudinal research showed that there is an increase in chance that a young adult female would develop bulimia due to their current psychological pressure and as the person ages and matures, their emotional problems change or are resolved and then the symptoms decline.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Abebe DS, Lien L, von Soest T |title=The development of bulimic symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood in females and males: a population-based longitudinal cohort study |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=737–45 |date=September 2012 |pmid=22886952 |doi=10.1002/eat.20950 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Several types of scales are currently used – (a) self-report questionnaires –EDI-3, BSQ, TFEQ, MAC, BULIT-R, QEWP-R, EDE-Q, EAT, NEQ – and other; (b) semi-structured interviews – SCID-I, EDE – and other; (c) clinical interviews unstructured or observer-based rating scales- Morgan Russel scale<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Morgan HG, Hayward AE |title=Clinical assessment of anorexia nervosa. The Morgan-Russell outcome assessment schedule |journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry |volume=152 |issue=3 |pages=367–71 |date=March 1988 |pmid=3167372 |doi=10.1192/bjp.152.3.367 |s2cid=2443414}}</ref> The majority of the scales used were described and used in adult populations. From all the scales evaluated and analyzed, only three are described at the child population – it is EAT-26 (children above 16 years), EDI-3 (children above 13 years), and ANSOCQ (children above 13 years). It is essential to develop specific scales for people under 18 years of age, given the increasing incidence of ED among children and the need for early detection and appropriate intervention. Moreover, the urgent need for accurate scales and telemedicine testing and diagnosis tools are of high importance during the COVID-19 pandemic (Leti, Garner & al., 2020).