Bill Houston will eat large quantities of food in a relatively short period of time and tells his social worker that he's "out of control" when eating. After binging, Bill makes himself vomit to rid his body of the food. He binges and purges about two to three times a month and has been doing so for the last seven or eight months. He admits that his self-esteem is strongly linked to his physical appearance. The most likely diagnosis to consider for Bill's pattern of eating is:

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Bill's symptoms align with bulimia nervosa, but the frequency of his binging and purging episodes (two to three times a month) does not meet the full criteria for bulimia nervosa, which requires at least once a week for three months. Therefore, "Other specified feeding or eating disorder" is the most appropriate diagnosis.

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