Pandemic fallout: Eating disorder hospitalizations return to pre-COVID levels, but youth mental health crisis lingers

Pandemic fallout: Eating disorder hospitalizations return to pre-COVID levels, but youth mental health crisis lingers

CDC data shows a 24% spike in emergency mental health visits among children aged 5–11, while adolescent females saw doubled eating disorder cases and tripled tic disorders, alongside surges in anxiety, trauma and OCD. A JAMA Pediatrics study found youth eatin…

  • CDC data shows a 24% spike in emergency mental health visits among children aged 511, while adolescent females saw doubled eating disorder cases and tripled tic disorders, alongside surges in… [+6027 chars]