ED Deep Dive #5: Rumination disorder
The next eating disorder on the list of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-V) is rumination disorder.
A person with rumination disorder may regularly regurgitate food that has been either re-chewed, re-swallowed, or spit out.
To diagnose rumination disorder, the DSM-V states that a person should present with the following symptoms.
Frequently regurgitating food for a minimum of one month.
This behavior does not occur exclusively with symptoms of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, BED, or ARFID.
The regurgitation does not co-occur with another condition, such as a gastrointestinal disorder.
Rumination disorder may co-occur with an intellectual development disorder.
Treatment of rumination disorder typically involves counseling, diaphragmatic breathing exercises, and developing habit reversal techniques.
