Children and young people with anorexia nervosa (AN) are often recommended family-based treatment as the first-line intervention (Gorrell et al., 2019). The child who has struggled to eat – limiting their intake, counting calories, adhering to rigid rules about food – is now re-fed by their parents and has the control over food taken away from them in efforts to restore their physical health. The parents who may have previously transitioned away from being responsible for their child’s intake, are now empowered by the treatment team to take...
4. Tackle stigma preventing people from being offered research opportunities.
Stigmas still persist and can lead to some GP's, clinicians and other medical professionals...
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after someone experiences or witnesses frightening, upsetting and/or life-threatening events....
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Physical Health (Firth et al, 2019) has demonstrated the increased physical health risks that people with severe mental...
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting millions of people every year. While treatments like therapy and medication can help, they...