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The artificial intelligence tool, named Tessa, was presented by the National Eating Disorders Association as a way to discover coping skills. But activists say it instead veered into problematic weight-loss advice. ....
Close There is an expansion of the waiting list for outpatient treatment these days as eating disorders in teens and adults become more rampant. The Florida News Times reported that both teens and adults who seek help with the condition frequently take months to set an appointment. Doctors and experts now say, the pandemic crisis is currently posing a life-threatening condition for eating disorders, relaxing restrictions and leading to COVID-19 to subside in a lot of places, resulting in an undiminished new case and a swell in recurrence. According to associate professor of psychiatry, Jennifer Wilds from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, some patients are waiting from four to five months for treatment like psychotherapy and at times, medication. ....