Wait times for eating disorder treatment in Canada grow during the pandemic
Staff shortages causing closures, long wait times at ERsPatients are feeling the impact of the growing strain on Canada's health-care system as staff shortages force some hospitals and emergency departments to close their doors. Experts warn it's a problem that could get even worse with another wave of COVID-19.
Health professionials emphasized it's important to help individuals with eating disorders as soon as they seek assistance for several reasons. Ostolosky added the best treatment is in the first year or two of the person's illness because the neuroplasticity of the brain "is still there," meaning the brain can still be rewired to function differently, and for younger patients, the neural pathways that affect eating are still being developed.
Nunavut, New Brunswick, P.E.I., Northwest Territories and Yukon do not have any inpatient, day or residential options that are publicly funded, according to NEDIC's data.Spike in eating disorders among young children Marlo Docherty, who lives in P.E.I., has had to travel out of province to Ontario to receive help for an eating disorder.She has gone out of province to Ontario to get treatment, most recently from December until February of this year.
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