ArticleJournal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent2021
Food for Thought: A Dissonance Between Healthcare Utilization Costs and Research Funding for Eating Disorders in Canada.
Article in Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Implementing Canadian practice guidelines for children and adolescents with eating disorders: a qualitative study on barriers, facilitating factors and implementation strategies.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Development of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Its Progression to Eating Disorders in Canada: A Nationally Representative Microsimulation.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Generating Priorities in Eating Disorder Research: Recommendations from Canadian Young Adults and Caregivers.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025Article
- TransitionED: A protocol for Co-designing and implementing Canadian practice guidelines for transitions for youth with eating disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Broad considerations for improving eating disorder care: a lived experience and quality improvement perspective.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A call for increased measurement of eating disorders and disordered eating in federal surveillance in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- The Loss of Autonomy in Eating Disorder Treatment: A Patient Perspective.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Article
- An evolutionary perspective on the genetics of anorexia nervosa.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Improving adult inpatient eating disorder treatment: perspectives of a sample of individuals in Canada with lived experience.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The financial and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with eating disorders, their families, clinicians and the mental health system: a mixed methods cost analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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- Mortality and mental health funding-do the dollars add up? Eating disorder research funding in Australia from 2009 to 2021: a portfolio analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- The economic impact of eating disorders in children and youth in Canada: a call to action to improve youth eating disorder research and care.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- A framework for conceptualising early intervention for eating disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Review
- What are the Bounds of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2021Article
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Abstract
In this commentary, we present the premise that, in Canada, mental illness research specific to eating disorders is underfunded, and many Canadians are suffering the consequences of this underinvestment. We highlight three critical aspects of eating disorders: 1) the increasingly common yet potentially life-threatening nature of eating disorders, with an onset usually during adolescence; 2) the challenges and costs to treating eating disorders, with a discussion of current hospital-related costs across Canada; and 3) the glaring discrepancy between the money spent on eating disorder diagnoses/treatment and the funding dollars granted for eating disorder research in Canada (i.e. only $0.70 per affected Canadian in 2018). Research funding per affected individual for other psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions are used as comparisons (e.g. $50.17 per affected Canadian with schizophrenia). We suggest that it is time to revolutionize treatment for individuals with eating disorders and use our resources in a more efficient and effective manner, using current neuroimaging and neuromodulation methods as promising examples. We conclude by emphasizing the need for increased research funding in the field of eating disorders in Canada, as the current research-related investments hinder progress in developing neuroscientifically-sound treatments for these populations.
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