Carolyn Black Becker|Maribel Plasencia|Lisa Smith Kilpela|Morgan Briggs|Tiffany Stewart
Changing the course of comorbid eating disorders and depression: what is the role of public health interventions in targeting shared risk factors?
Trinity University|Trinity University|Trinity University|Trinity University|Pennington Biomedical Research Center
public health productive history improving global health due focus reaching large populations using effective scalable interventions yet marriage evidencebased science implementation communitypublic health interventions within mental illness remains underdeveloped research suggests major depression commonly cited comorbidity eating disorders eds thus identification public health strategies jointly impact depression eds including shared risk factors potential significantly impact mental health suffering primary aim paper examine discuss public health approaches well explore cues taken public health efforts inform future directions research clinical practice comprehensive review public health initiatives address eds depression beyond scope paper paper reviews series programsapproaches either large scale andor received empirical support particular public health related interventions aim reduce variable risk factors associated eds depression well interventions aim reduce continuous measures ed depression symptoms reviewed date despite significant progress modifying risk factors eds depression field still lacks public health study appropriately designed andor adequately powered assess true eddepression prevention effects although several programs show promise many widely disseminated approaches lack empirical support raising concerns potential waste limited resources summary although combination prevention public health based approaches appear merit trying move needle risk factors symptoms associated eds andor depression research needed investigate reach effectiveness large scale dissemination efforts endeavors