The Rise of Eating Disorders During COVID-19 and the Impact on Treatment

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our daily lives have changed drastically. The United States has gone through multiple iterations of lockdowns, mandates, and re-openings that have varied throughout the country. The impact of the pandemic on our social, economic, physical, and mental hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Reed, Jace, Ort, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2022
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34780989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.10.022
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Sumario:Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our daily lives have changed drastically. The United States has gone through multiple iterations of lockdowns, mandates, and re-openings that have varied throughout the country. The impact of the pandemic on our social, economic, physical, and mental health is still being determined. One area that we are starting to recognize is the impact of the pandemic on eating disorders (ED) in children and adolescents. The treatment of ED has had a long history of treatment barriers that has worsened with the pandemic, making finding care for patients in need significantly more difficult.

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