Pandemic aftereffects : the surge in teen eating disorders
Publication Information
San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, 2023
Physical Description
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience
Ages 14-18 ReferencePoint Press.
Summary
"The pandemic and the ways in which it has changed people's lives continue to take a toll on mental health. The circumstances surrounding the pandemic laid a perfect foundation for eating disorders to develop, especially among those who were already engaged in some form of disordered eating or already had a diagnosis of an eating disorder"--
Contents
- Introduction: As a pandemic rages, eating disorders rise
- What are eating disorders?
- Why the pandemic triggered eating disorders
- Getting treatment
- Coping with an eating disorder during a pandemic.