Increasing hospital admission rates for anorexia nervosa amongst young women in Australia from 1998 to 2018.

Martin NguyenStephen Allison Jeffrey C L Looi Tarun Joseph Bastiampillai

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2022)

Overnight hospitalisation rates for AN particularly increased amongst young females (15-29) in Australia over the past decade. Less substantial increases in community incidence, community prevalence and DALYs, and declining mortality were also observed.

Keyphrases

anorexia nervosa
risk factors
healthcare
mental health
emergency department
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
adverse drug