The DSM-5 category that includes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is called what?

• A. Feeding and eating disorders
• B. Distress
• C. Dopamine hypothesis
• D. Fugue

Answer: (A)

This item tests how DSM-5 groups eating-related disorders. The correct term is Feeding and Eating Disorders, a category that includes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as well as other related conditions like binge-eating disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. This classification reflects the idea that problems with eating behavior, attitudes toward food, and body image are linked within a single diagnostic framework to guide assessment and treatment. The other options don’t fit because distress is not a formal DSM-5 diagnostic category, the dopamine hypothesis is a theoretical idea about neurotransmitters rather than a diagnostic class, and fugue is a dissociative state, not an eating disorder.