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Editorial
. 2023 Feb;147(2):119-121.
doi: 10.1111/acps.13527.

Gone too soon: Studying mortality in eating disorders

Nadia Micali  1   2   3 , Moritz Herle  4
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Editorial

Gone too soon: Studying mortality in eating disorders

Nadia Micali et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorder) are not only common mental health disorders but they also affect an individual's physical, psychological, and social well-being, with high impact and burden. Importantly, previous research has found that eating disorders have high mortality, higher than many other psychiatric disorders. Here, we discuss findings from Castellini and colleagues in the context of previous studies.

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