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...
The researchers acknowledged limitations. Without a randomised control group, they can’t rule out other explanations for the observed improvements. The self-selected sample skewed...
Mental health conditions can run in families. Studies of identical twins, for example, show higher chance of shared disorders than siblings and cousins...
The researchers also found that “greater hippocampal and amygdala activation was associated with being the person who did not initiate the breakup, feeling...
The study also identified group differences. People who worked outdoors, such as farmers or construction workers, were more affected by sun exposure, showing...
To test the robustness of the results, the researchers repeated their analyses excluding participants with psychiatric diagnoses. The findings remained consistent. They also...
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals experience violence to a greater extent compared to their cisgender counterparts, including hate crimes, physical violence, and...