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COVID-19 and Eating Disorders
We will reflect on how they have lived and how the pandemic and the lockdown have affected people who have an eating disorder. We will address new treatment strategies from the perspective of various psychiatry and psychology professionals who are experts in this field.
If you are affected by any of these disorders or a family member or a person in your support network. Whether you are a care professional or social or educational professional.
Public health actions to limit the spread of COVID-19 has been insolating positive cases/close contacts and restricting social interactions to reduce the spread of the virus. Lockdown has been a significant stress factor for part of the general population and for specific groups, such as people with previous mental health issues. Specifically, the consequences of lockdown have been considered as a potential enhancing factor for the development of an eating disorder in vulnerable populations and a risk factor to relapse or worsening symptoms in people with previous eating disorders. In addition, during the state of emergency, many of the treatments for people with eating disorders were interrupted or switched to telematics with no empirical data on their effectiveness currently available. Another consequence of the lockdown has been the delay for newly affected people in seeing a pediatrician or family doctor who can refer them to a specialized center at a more advanced stage of the disease.
In this digital meeting, we will try to answer the following questions regarding the consequences of the pandemic on eating disorders: What has the impact of the pandemic on people with eating disorders in our current environment been? Has it affected people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge disorders, or obesity differently? Have there been differences in symptomatic expression between the pediatric and adult populations? What has been the acceptance and effectiveness of telematic care in people with eating disorders? What about their families? How have the consequences of the pandemic affected family and caregivers? What role has partnership played during the lockdown, easing of restrictions, and returning to the 'new normal'?
Photography: Ariadna Creus y Àngel García | Banc d'Imatges Infermeres
We will reflect on how they have lived and how the pandemic and the lockdown have affected people who have an eating disorder. We will address new treatment strategies from the perspective of various psychiatry and psychology professionals who are experts in this field.
If you are affected by any of these disorders or a family member or a person in your support network. Whether you are a care professional or social or educational professional.
Public health actions to limit the spread of COVID-19 has been insolating positive cases/close contacts and restricting social interactions to reduce the spread of the virus. Lockdown has been a significant stress factor for part of the general population and for specific groups, such as people with previous mental health issues. Specifically, the consequences of lockdown have been considered as a potential enhancing factor for the development of an eating disorder in vulnerable populations and a risk factor to relapse or worsening symptoms in people with previous eating disorders. In addition, during the state of emergency, many of the treatments for people with eating disorders were interrupted or switched to telematics with no empirical data on their effectiveness currently available. Another consequence of the lockdown has been the delay for newly affected people in seeing a pediatrician or family doctor who can refer them to a specialized center at a more advanced stage of the disease.
In this digital meeting, we will try to answer the following questions regarding the consequences of the pandemic on eating disorders: What has the impact of the pandemic on people with eating disorders in our current environment been? Has it affected people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge disorders, or obesity differently? Have there been differences in symptomatic expression between the pediatric and adult populations? What has been the acceptance and effectiveness of telematic care in people with eating disorders? What about their families? How have the consequences of the pandemic affected family and caregivers? What role has partnership played during the lockdown, easing of restrictions, and returning to the 'new normal'?
Photography: Ariadna Creus y Àngel García | Banc d'Imatges Infermeres