ArticleEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2023
Pathways to eating disorder care: A European multicenter study.
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- Inpatient treatments for adults with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of literature.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Short- and long-term effects of Covid-19 pandemic on health care system for individuals with eating disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Weight status and pathways to eating disorder referral from primary care in England and Northern Ireland: a cross-sectional analysis of routine care data.The Lancet. Primary care · 2026Article
- Primary care use among adults with eating disorders in England: a population-based cohort study using electronic health records.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Changes in Hospitalization for Eating Disorders and Related Suicidal Risk, Following COVID-19 Pandemic.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Healthcare utilization for eating disorders in Australia: 10 years of health data linkage.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Patient and Family Perspectives on Integrated Transitional Care for Anorexia Nervosa in Mantova, Italy.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among first-year university students in Sweden: Prevalence and risk factors.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- Early intervention in eating disorders: introducing the chronopathogram.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Review
- Enhancing Psychosomatic Medicine Skills in General Practitioners: Insights from Ecological Systems Theory.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- The Clinical and Psychopathological Profile of Inpatients with Eating Disorders: Comparing Vomiting, Laxative Abuse, and Combined Purging Behaviors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Attitudes and gaps in knowledge of the diagnosis, treatment, and psychopathology of eating disorders among different health professionals.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Quantifying the economic value of earlier and enhanced management of anorexia nervosa for adults in England, Germany and Spain: improving the care pathway.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024Article
- Cognitive Impulsivity in Anorexia Nervosa in Correlation with Eating and Obsessive Symptoms: A Comparison with Healthy Controls.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Outcomes in people with eating disorders: a transdiagnostic and disorder-specific systematic review, meta-analysis and multivariable meta-regression analysis.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- What influences food choices in anorexia nervosa? Disentangling cognitive and emotional components of decision-making by translational research.Neuroscience applied · 2024Review
- An advanced Artificial Intelligence platform for a personalised treatment of Eating Disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Role of parental educational level as psychosocial factor in a sample of inpatients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess barriers and facilitators in the pathways toward specialist care for eating disorders (EDs).
methodsEleven ED services located in seven European countries recruited patients with an ED. Clinicians administered an adapted version of the World Health Organization "Encounter Form," a standardized tool to assess the pathways to care. The unadjusted overall time needed to access the ED unit was described using the Kaplan-Meier curve.
resultsFour-hundred-nine patients were recruited. The median time between the onset of the current ED episode and the access to a specialized ED care was 2 years. Most of the participants did not directly access the specialist ED unit: primary "points of access" to care were mental health professionals and general practitioners. The involvement of different health professionals in the pathway, seeking help for general psychiatric symptoms, and lack of support from family members were associated with delayed access to ED units.
conclusionsEducational programs aiming to promote early diagnosis and treatment for EDs should pay particular attention to general practitioners, in addition to mental health professionals, and family members to increase awareness of these illnesses and of their treatment initiation process.
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