Eating Disorders in an Immigrant Population: Are Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes Different from the Native-Born Spanish Population?
Magda Rosinska, Silvia Tempia Valenta, Isabel Sánchez, Olga Jordana Ovejero, Teresa Alonzo-Castillo, Laura Gálvez Solé, Rosa Fontana Eito, Lucero Munguia, Elena Caravaca Sanz, Anna Rita Atti, Roser Granero, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Ata Ghaderi · 2025
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Description
Moving to a new country can shape how an illness looks and how well treatment works. Magda Rosinska and co-authors test that idea for eating disorders in a 2025 study from a hospital unit in Barcelona, Spain. They compare patients born abroad with patients born in Spain on both symptoms at intake and results after care.
The study covered 1,104 outpatients, of whom 157 were immigrants, and used three standard rating scales for symptoms and character traits. Immigrant patients showed less drive for thinness and less dislike of their bodies, but more distrust of others, fear of growing up, and anxiety. They also left treatment more often and reached full recovery less often. The authors say services should adapt care to these gaps rather than treat all patients the same.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Magda Rosinska, Silvia Tempia Valenta, Isabel Sánchez, Olga Jordana Ovejero, Teresa Alonzo-Castillo, Laura Gálvez Solé, Rosa Fontana Eito, Lucero Munguia, Elena Caravaca Sanz, Anna Rita Atti, Roser Granero, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Ata Ghaderi |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |