Increase in admission rates and symptom severity of childhood and adolescent anorexia nervosa in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from specialized eating disorder units in different European countries

• Main Authors: Susanne Gilsbach (Author), Maria Teresa Plana (Author), Josefina Castro-Fornieles (Author), Michela Gatta (Author), Gunilla Paulson Karlsson (Author), Itziar Flamarique (Author), Jean-Philippe Raynaud (Author), Anna Riva (Author), Anne-Line Solberg (Author), Annemarie A. van Elburg (Author), Elisabet Wentz (Author), Renata Nacinovich (Author), Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic, associated with confinement and social isolation, seems to have impacted the course of many mental disorders in children and adolescents. An increase in hospital admission rates for juvenile anorexia nervosa (AN) has been documented in many regions of the w...