Eating Disorder Examination (EDE)

The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is the gold standard interview assessment of eating disorder psychopathology. It provides an assessment of the range and severity of eating disorder symptoms. The EDE can also generate eating disorder diagnoses.The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is the gold standard interview assessment of eating disorder psychopathology. It provides an assessment of the range and severity of eating disorder symptoms. The EDE can also generate eating disorder diagnoses.

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Past month and past 2 or 3 months.

• Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., and O'Connor, M., (2014). The Eating Disorder Examination (17.0). https://www.credo-oxford.com/7.2.html

• Available on their website: https://www.credo-oxford.com/7.2.html

Original EDE paper: Fairburn, & Beglin, S. J. (1994). Assessment of eating disorders: Interview or self-report questionnaire? The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 16(4), 363–370.

EDE – Assessment Training Requirements

EDE – Gold Consensus Scores

EDE – Training Practice Scoring Comparison Excel File (.xlsx)

EDE – Instructions for Calculating Intraclass Correlations for Inter-rater Reliability

EDE – Inter-rater Reliability Testing (requires SPSS to open file)

Note the SPSS file download may not work with Google Chrome, in which case please try a different browser.

Please find demonstration videos for the EDE below – exploring a range of potential symptom presentations. Please note that the correct number for the video, is that stated in the video title – these are the titles that match the Gold Consensus Scores. Please disregard the number presented on the initial video shot.