The COVID-19 pandemic continues set new records in both cases and deaths here in California and across the nation. While it is commonly seen as a respiratory illness, COVID-19 also produces unwanted side effects in mental health communities as well. Kerrie Leonard, a PhD student in Developmental Science, Human Development, and Family Science at North Dakota State University and Dr. Elizabeth Blodgett Salafia, a professor at North Dakota State University, examines ways in which the pandemic has damaged the eating disorder community in their article titled Unwanted Effects of COVID-19: Eating Disorders. The article covers key topics such as the scarcity mindset, relationships to trauma, and our health care system’s difficulty in treating eating disorders.
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