Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis
Patients suffering from eating disorders represent a highly vulnerable and fragile population. The recent SARS-Co-2 pandemic and its impact on public health and behavioral habits created the conditions for an overall increase in most types of mental disturbances, thus including eating disorders. The...
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| author | Marcello Covino Raffaella Zaccaria Martina Pala Marco Di Nicola Andrea Piccioni Martina Petrucci Sabrina Chiloiro Caterina Policola Lucio Rinaldi Alfredo Pontecorvi |
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| description | Patients suffering from eating disorders represent a highly vulnerable and fragile population. The recent SARS-Co-2 pandemic and its impact on public health and behavioral habits created the conditions for an overall increase in most types of mental disturbances, thus including eating disorders. The combined effects of the psychological stress (deriving from confinement and forced cohabitation, loneliness, sadness, fear, anxiety, and concerns about the uncertainty of life) had deeply increased the psychological discomfort of these patients, with possibly a significant impact on their mental status. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-727a1808767e4937b6f82d88de397d072025-01-07T14:45:58ZengIndicon S.r.l. Società Benefit (SB)Nutrimentum et Curae2974-66632022-10-011110.57625/nec.2022.1616Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysisMarcello CovinoRaffaella ZaccariaMartina PalaMarco Di NicolaAndrea PiccioniMartina PetrucciSabrina ChiloiroCaterina PolicolaLucio RinaldiAlfredo PontecorviPatients suffering from eating disorders represent a highly vulnerable and fragile population. The recent SARS-Co-2 pandemic and its impact on public health and behavioral habits created the conditions for an overall increase in most types of mental disturbances, thus including eating disorders. The combined effects of the psychological stress (deriving from confinement and forced cohabitation, loneliness, sadness, fear, anxiety, and concerns about the uncertainty of life) had deeply increased the psychological discomfort of these patients, with possibly a significant impact on their mental status.https://www.nutrimentumetcurae.com/articles/original-article/emergency-department-access-of-patients-with-eating-disorders-and-the-impact-of-sars-cov-2-pandemic-a-20-years-retrospective-analysis/ |
| spellingShingle | Marcello Covino Raffaella Zaccaria Martina Pala Marco Di Nicola Andrea Piccioni Martina Petrucci Sabrina Chiloiro Caterina Policola Lucio Rinaldi Alfredo Pontecorvi Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis Nutrimentum et Curae |
| title | Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis |
| title_full | Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis |
| title_fullStr | Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis |
| title_short | Emergency Department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a 20 years retrospective analysis |
| title_sort | emergency department access of patients with eating disorders and the impact of sars cov 2 pandemic a 20 years retrospective analysis |
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