More Teenage Girls With Eating Disorders Wound Up in the E.R. During the Pandemic
The New York Times
A new C.D.C. study underscored the mental health issues facing teenagers in the past few years.
During the pandemic, emergency rooms across the country reported an increase in visits from teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The report provides new detail about the kinds of mental health issues affecting a generation of adolescents.
Mental health experts hypothesize that the pandemic prompted some youth to feel isolated, lonely and out-of-control. Some coped by seeking to have control over their own behavior, said Emily Pluhar, a pediatric psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School.
