The increase in medical admissions with anorexia nervosa during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia

Citation:
Wong JWS, Skeldon S, Gill E, Taylor E, Billingham W, Stevenson PG, Shipton N, et al. The increase in medical admissions with anorexia nervosa during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia. Int J Eating Disord. 2023

Keywords:
Anorexia nervosa; coronavirus; covid-19; eating disorders; hospital admission; inpatient treatment; length of stay; mental health; pandemics; readmission

Abstract:
A comparative study to describe the increase in medical admissions of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) in Western Australia in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 (peri-pandemic).