Institute of Eating Disorders and Mental Health, Inje University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, Seoul, South Korea.
Int J Eat Disord. 2021 Jan;54(1):3-6. doi: 10.1002/eat.23444. Epub 2020 Dec 19.
It is our pleasure to introduce a special issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders on eating disorders (EDs) in Asia.
We received such a robust response to the special edition that we were able to fill two issues. Contributions focused on seven main themes: (1) prevalence, (2) time trends, (3) healthcare systems, (4) treatment, (5) risk factors, (6) assessment, and (7) orthorexia.
New prevalence and time trend data from China, Iran, Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan suggest that EDs are increasingly common in Asia but are not always detected in healthcare settings. Only a minority of individuals with EDs in Singapore receive treatment, and psychosocial treatment and prevention interventions that are evidence-based in the West may require cultural adaptation before they can be fully implemented in Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. Psychological risk factors for EDs are more similar than different in Iran, India, Japan, and China, but biological risk factors are understudied across the continent. Psychometrically sound assessment tools are available in many Asian languages.
We hope this special issue provides a catalyst and blueprint for global collaboration to relieve the burden of suffering of EDs in Asia and beyond.
我们很高兴向大家介绍《国际进食障碍杂志》关于亚洲进食障碍（ED）的特刊。
我们对特刊的反响非常热烈，以至于能够出版两期。投稿主要集中在七个主题：（1）流行率，（2）时间趋势，（3）医疗保健系统，（4）治疗，（5）风险因素，（6）评估，和（7）健康食品痴迷。
来自中国、伊朗、新加坡、日本和中国台湾的新的流行率和时间趋势数据表明，ED 在亚洲越来越普遍，但在医疗保健环境中并不总是被发现。只有少数新加坡的 ED 患者接受治疗，而在西方具有循证证据的心理社会治疗和预防干预措施可能需要在日本、新加坡、中国和韩国进行文化适应，才能全面实施。伊朗、印度、日本和中国的 ED 心理风险因素更为相似，但整个亚洲大陆对生物风险因素的研究较少。在许多亚洲语言中都有心理测量学上可靠的评估工具。
我们希望这个特刊能够成为全球合作的催化剂和蓝图，以减轻亚洲乃至全球 ED 患者的痛苦。
