Cathal Rafferty, Angela O'Donnell, Sally Campbell, Bohan Sun, Jenny King, Zeinab Ali, Diarmuid Lynch, Elizabeth Barrett, Sarah Richardson, Michelle Clifford, Fiona McNicholas
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 saw an increase in child mental health presentations internationally. Clinicians analogised the exponential increase in anorexia nervosa to a 'tsunami' or 'outbreak', raising parallel concerns regarding medical and psychological risks (Marsh in The Guardian, 2021; Leask in NZ Herald, 2021; Monteleone et al. in Eat Weight Disord 26(8):2443-2452, 2021) . It is unclear whether Ireland emulated this picture of increased referrals with increased medical compromise...
March 16, 2024: Irish Journal of Medical Science