Social networks and eating disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic

Vaccaro Concetta M.; Guarino Giulia; Conte Dario; Ferrara Emanuela; Ragione Laura Dalla; Bracale Renata

doi:10.1515/med-2021-0291

Open Medicine (Aug 2021)

Social networks and eating disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic

Vaccaro Concetta M.,
Guarino Giulia,
Conte Dario,
Ferrara Emanuela,
Ragione Laura Dalla,
Bracale Renata

Affiliations

Vaccaro Concetta M.: Fondazione Censis, Health and Welfare Department, Piazza di Novella, 2, Rome, Italy
Guarino Giulia: Department of Medicine and Sciences for Health, Molise University, Campobasso, Italy
Conte Dario: Department of Medicine and Sciences for Health, Molise University, Campobasso, Italy
Ferrara Emanuela: Department of Medicine and Sciences for Health, Molise University, Campobasso, Italy
Ragione Laura Dalla: Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Eating Disorders Department, USL1 Umbria, Umbria, Italy
Bracale Renata: Department of Medicine and Sciences for Health, Molise University, Campobasso, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0291
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1170 – 1174

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The purpose of this study is to assess the increase both in the use of the Internet and social media and in Google searches regarding eating disorders (ED) in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim is also to verify the possible impact of such an increase on ED, since patients treated for ED by the National Health Service (NHS) have increased in the first 6 months of 2020 as well.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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