Anorexia nervosa during COVID-19: loss of personal control and alexithymia as important contributors to symptomatology in adolescent girls

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-554244
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.55424

Jarvers, Irina

; Ecker, Angelika

; Schleicher, Daniel

; Kandsperger, Stephanie

; Otto, Alexandra

; Brunner, Romuald

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Abstract

Background In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a steady increase in adolescent anorexia nervosa admissions has been observed. Contributing factors may have been uncontrollable changes in school attendance due to lockdowns and social restrictions. However, patients’ reports on the impact of these factors have not been assessed in detail as of yet. Furthermore, alexithymia, the difficulty to ...