Eating Disorders: Current Epidemiology and Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment—Second Edition
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 211
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Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled "Eating Disorders: Current Epidemiology and Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment—Second Edition". This is a new volume; for more details on the first volume, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/BM4H2J13YN.
Eating disorders (EDs), including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, are well-recognized clinical conditions. However, the causes of these disorders, their impacts on individuals and families, and the burden they place on healthcare systems continue to present significant challenges for researchers, clinicians, and public health professionals.
Building on the success of the first edition, this second edition broadens its scope to include systematic reviews and original data analyses that examine comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives, validated screening tools for early detection, and evaluations of non-pharmacological and pharmacological prevention and treatment strategies for EDs.
In addition to welcoming new contributions from authors who missed the deadline for the first edition, we encourage submissions examining the associations between eating disorders (EDs) or disordered eating symptoms and unhealthy behaviors (e.g., poor diet, physical inactivity, and substance use) or comorbidities (e.g., mental health disorders, metabolic conditions, and physical health problems). Submissions that explore moderating factors related to EDs, such as gender, age, socioeconomic status, or migration background, are also highly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Arthur Eumann Mesas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- eating disorder
- bulimia nervosa
- anorexia nervosa
- binge eating disorder
- sociocultural context
- epidemiology
- di-agnosis
- treatment
- prevention
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