Document Summary
Sara should be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, specifically, the restricting type. The biggest indicator that sara has anorexia nervosa is that she has very low body weight; sara has been losing weight and is now 98 pounds when her expected weight should be 125 pounds . To qualify for the restricting type, the text says that she has not engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging . It was not stated anywhere that sara participated in any binging or purging; instead, it says, when she sits down to eat, she eats very little. Her family is concerned because she eats just like a little bird" . Three similar dsm-5 disorders that were ruled out due to the fact that sara"s description did not match or meet the needs of the criteria were anorexia nervosa binge-eating/purging type, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
