By Dr Laura Keyes (Clinical Psychologist) & Joana Gomes (work experience student). ARFID has been gaining media attention with recent news interviews and stories from parents of young children with ARFID who are struggling to access a diagnosis and support. But what is ARFID, what are the causes and importantly how can we understand and tr eat ARFID? So what is ARFID? Arfid stands for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. This is a relatively newly recognized eating diso