You are interviewing a patient in your office. She is a 19-year-old female who restricts her caloric intake to 500 kcal/day and runs at least 8 miles/day. As a result, she has dropped from a body mass index (BMI) of 19 to a BMI 16 over the last 3 months. She is proud of her weight loss and states that being thin is the most important thing to her. She does not verbally express an intense fear of weight gain, but her behaviors (restriction, exercise) suggest that this is a fear of hers. Using DSM-5 criteria, you would diagnose her with:

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You Are Interviewing a Patient in Your Office