The Second Wave of Public Policy Advocacy for Eating Disorders

Over the past decade, a first wave of US public policy advocacy for eating disorders made substantial progress, with passage of the federal 21st Century Cures Act in 2016 as its crowning achievement. However, the US response to eating disorders continues to fall short in several ways. On the cusp of a second wave of policy advocacy, efforts must be broadened to target structural determinants of illness and inequities to maximize clinical impact and diminish suffering. Mental health clinicians, patients, and their families will be essential players in public policy advocacy efforts in this regard.

Source: The Psychiatric Clinics of North America - April 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: S. Bryn Austin, Rebecca Hutcheson, Shalini Wickramatilake-Templeman, Katrina Velasquez Source Type: research