Gone too soon: Studying mortality in eating disorders

TY - JOUR

T1 - Gone too soon

T2 - Studying mortality in eating disorders

AU - Micali, Nadia

AU - Herle, Moritz

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2023/1/19

Y1 - 2023/1/19

N2 - Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorder) are not only common mental health disorders but they also affect an individual's physical, psychological, and social well-being, with high impact and burden. Importantly, previous research has found that eating disorders have high mortality, higher than many other psychiatric disorders. Here, we discuss findings from Castellini and colleagues in the context of previous studies.

AB - Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorder) are not only common mental health disorders but they also affect an individual's physical, psychological, and social well-being, with high impact and burden. Importantly, previous research has found that eating disorders have high mortality, higher than many other psychiatric disorders. Here, we discuss findings from Castellini and colleagues in the context of previous studies.

KW - Humans

KW - Feeding and Eating Disorders

KW - Bulimia Nervosa

KW - Binge-Eating Disorder/psychology

KW - Anorexia Nervosa/psychology

KW - Research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146581302&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/acps.13527

DO - 10.1111/acps.13527

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 36657102

SN - 0001-690X

VL - 147

SP - 119

EP - 121

JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

IS - 2

ER -