Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Dec;52(12):1339-1342. doi: 10.1002/eat.23184. Epub 2019 Oct 14.
It is our sincere pleasure to introduce a special issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders focused on eating disorders and related symptoms in male populations.
Contributions focused on three main themes among male populations: (a) the nature of eating disorder symptoms and recovery; (b) long-term outcomes following eating disorders treatment; and (c) muscularity-oriented symptoms of eating pathology.
The contributions to this special issue highlight the importance of better understanding how eating disorder symptoms manifest, may be maintained, and respond to treatment among male populations. Findings across the articles demonstrate some similarities between male and female samples with respect to core eating disorder symptoms, as well as important differences, particularly with respect to muscularity-oriented disordered eating. Findings related to treatment outcome also highlight the suboptimal long-term remission rates and elevated mortality among male inpatients with eating disorders.
The diverse range of samples, methodologies, and research questions addressed within this collection of papers demonstrates the breadth of the important scientific work on this topic. As eating disorders and related symptoms in male populations continue to be underrecognized and underserved, we hope that this special issue will encourage further high-quality clinical research in this area.
我们非常高兴地向大家介绍《国际进食障碍杂志》的一个特刊，该特刊专注于男性人群中的进食障碍和相关症状。
投稿内容集中于男性人群中的三个主要主题：（a）进食障碍症状和康复的本质；（b）进食障碍治疗后的长期结果；（c）与肌肉发达相关的进食病理症状。
本期特刊的投稿强调了更好地理解男性人群中进食障碍症状表现、可能维持的方式以及对治疗的反应的重要性。文章中的研究结果表明，在核心进食障碍症状方面，男性和女性样本之间存在一些相似之处，同时也存在重要的差异，特别是在与肌肉发达相关的饮食失调方面。与治疗结果相关的发现也突出了男性住院患者中进食障碍的长期缓解率不理想和死亡率较高的问题。
本论文集涵盖了广泛的样本、方法和研究问题，展示了这一重要科学主题的广泛研究范围。由于男性人群中的进食障碍和相关症状仍然未被充分认识和治疗不足，我们希望本期特刊将鼓励该领域进一步开展高质量的临床研究。
