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ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2026

Increasing visibility of the neurobiology of eating disorders in youth - a commentary on Hagan et al. (2025).

Carolina Makowski

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Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carolina MakowskiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8816-4549

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Towards an etiological model of adolescent eating disorders through neuroimaging, genetics, and behaviorR00MH132886 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Carolina Makowski · 2025 to 2026
$496k
NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH132886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eating disorders (EDs) are among the most severe psychiatric conditions emerging in adolescence, yet they remain markedly underrepresented within neuroscience and developmental psychopathology research. Building on the review by Hagan et al., this commentary proposes four key expansions to advance neurobiological research in youth with EDs: adoption of transdiagnostic approaches, inclusion of broader developmental and longitudinal time frames, implementation of more rigorous and replicable methodological frameworks, and deeper interdisciplinary integration. Together, these directions aim to more fully capture neurobiological mechanisms underlying ED onset, maintenance, and recovery across development, with the goal of anchoring this research more firmly within child and adolescent psychiatry. Taken together, the work by Hagan et al. serves as both a synthesis of the field and a call to action toward a more integrated and developmentally informed understanding of eating disorders.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersAdolescentHumansadolescencedevelopmental psychopathologyEating disorderneurodevelopmental disordersneuroimaging

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