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...
Technology is revolutionising psychological therapies. From mobile apps to virtual reality therapies (VRT), gamifying the therapy experience. It all sounds futuristic and exciting,...
Mentalisation is the cognitive ability to interpret behaviours as arising from intentional mental states (Gorgellino et al., 2025), or to put it another...
We know that any life-threatening health diagnosis, such as cancer, carries a suicide risk (Matthews, 2023).
Fitzgerald et al (2025) wanted to update older...
Recent headlines have highlighted a troubling surge in racism and discrimination, as divisive behaviours fuel stereotypes and hostility toward ethnic and racial minorities....