TY - JOUR
AU1 - Radunz, Marcela
AU2 - Ali, Kathina
AU3 - Wade, Tracey D.
AB - INTRODUCTIONThe COVID‐19 pandemic led to a significant increase in eating disorder (ED) symptomology across a range of different populations (Devoe et al., 2022; Zhou & Wade, 2021), with an estimated increased incidence of EDs of 15.3% in 2020 (Taquet et al., 2022). This has led to a rise in demand for ED services (Nuffield Trust, 2022), with many individuals experiencing delays in service provision due to long waitlists and lack of available specialist services (Richardson et al., 2021; Weissman et al., 2020).These challenges provide an opportunity to rethink how we offer services to people with EDs, including the prioritization of early intervention services, with the aim of providing evidence‐based treatment as early as possible (e.g. Allen et al., 2020). Compared with prevention and treatment, early intervention has received little attention. This represents a significant gap in the ED literature, particularly given the low rates of treatment seeking. Even before the pandemic, only one in four individuals with an ED received treatment (Hart et al., 2011), with an average length of 5.28 years delay between onset of ED symptoms and treatment‐seeking (Hamilton et al., 2021). This is of concern given that EDs typically emerge between the ages of 15 and 23 years, with a median of 18 years (Solmi et al., 2022), a 
TI - Pathways to improve early intervention for eating disorders: Findings from a systematic review and meta‐analysis
JF - International Journal of Eating Disorders
DO - 10.1002/eat.23845
DA - 2023-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/pathways-to-improve-early-intervention-for-eating-disorders-findings-J2cOjVDsiU
SP - 314
EP - 330
VL - 56
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -