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Kingston youth with eating disorders struggling more during COVID-19 pandemic: expert

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Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a Kingston psychotherapist told Global News the coronavirus pandemic is prompting more young patients to be referred to the local eating disorder clinic.“I think in our adolescent population, we’re noticing that we definitely have an increase in referrals since the onset of COVID, and worsening presentation as well,” says Brittany Marshall, registered psychotherapist, who is waiting to write her entry to independent practice exam before she can go from qualifying to qualified. ‘Kids are not all right’: Mental health among Ontario children deteriorating during COVID-19 Marshall works with youth in Kingston ranging in age from 14-18 at the Child and Youth Eating Disorder Clinic with Kingston Health Sciences.

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