Risk of eating disorders in immigrant populations.

Linda MustelinA M HedmanL M ThorntonR Kuja-HalkolaA Keski-RahkonenE Cantor-GraaeC AlmqvistA BirgegårdP LichtensteinP B MortensenC B PedersenC M Bulik

Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2017)

The decreased risk of eating disorders among immigrants is opposite to what has been observed for other psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. Possible explanations include buffering sociocultural factors and underdetection in health care.

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