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ECAP Journal - October 2025 issue
Editorial: Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder – the need to improve diagnostic clearance by Dan Farbstein, Daphna Ruhrman, Adi Enoch-Levy & Doron Gothelf
Since its introduction, the criteria for diagnosing Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) have been the subject of ongoing research. Early studies aimed to identify which patterns of restricted eating could lead to weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, dependence on nutritional support or psychosocial impairment. Researchers have emphasized the need for clearer definitions of the outcomes associated with ARFID.
The European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) is a not-for-profit association whose purpose is to promote the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and their families. As well as to improve the quality of their lives and to ensure children’s right for support to healthy mental development and for appropriate preventive and therapeutic mental health services and interventions.
