ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Increased General, Eating, and Body-Related Psychopathology in Inpatients in a Specialized Eating Disorders Unit after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Comparison with the Pre-Pandemic Period.
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- Inpatient treatments for adults with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of literature.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
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- Eating disorder debut cases during COVID-19 lockdown in adults. Exploring differences in treatment outcome contrasting with pre-pandemic onset cases.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on eating disorders: insights from an Italian residential center.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Analysis of Suicidal Behavior in Adult Inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa: Prevalence of Suicide Attempts and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Associated Factors-Data Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Disordered Eating Attitudes and Their Association with Age, BMI, Stress, and Diet in College Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on eating disorder features and comorbid psychopathology among adolescents with anorexia nervosa and matched controls: a comparative cohort design study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- The Psychological and Medical Landscape of Anorexia Nervosa over a Decade: A Retrospective Study of Possible Physical and Psychological Shifts.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- A quantitative study on peripersonal space in anorexia nervosa and healthy subjects: Role of social variables and association with psychopathology.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depressive Symptoms, Including Clinical and Subthreshold Levels, and Eating Behaviors in First-Year University Students.Complex psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
The study of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals who attended mental health services is needed to identify the specific vulnerabilities associated to this challenging period. Despite several analyses reporting the worsening of eating disorders symptomatology after the beginning of the pandemic, characterizations of adult inpatients with eating disorders are still lacking. We conducted a retrospective analysis to assess whether adult individuals who underwent hospitalization in a specialized eating disorders unit in the two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic differed in clinical presentation, psychopathological measures, and treatment outcomes from inpatients hospitalized in the two years before. In the comparison between the two groups, the individuals who began treatment after the start of the pandemic presented with more physical hyperactivity and more severe psychopathological scores in most of the areas investigated, with differences in eating symptoms still evident at discharge. Notably, body-related symptoms (i.e., body shape concerns, body checking, body avoidance) were associated with the pandemic, and also for inpatients with extreme anorexia nervosa. This retrospective analysis does not allow us to separate the impact of COVID-19 from other potentially relevant co-occurring factors; however, these findings help in understanding how the pandemic could have affected individuals that needed specialized intensive treatment.
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