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from CAMHS to adult mental...

Children and young people with anorexia...

Can positive mental images help...

Worry can feel relentless. For people...

from CAMHS to adult mental health services

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...

what are the...

Collaborative care is a complex intervention for treating people with chronic disease, developed by the originators of the Chronic Care Model (Wagner et al.,...

Could GLP-1 receptor...

Some of my earliest blogs (Kirsten Lawson – 4/4 – National Elf Service) were about the interface between physical health and mental health...

early signs that...

Bipolar disorder is a common mood disorder characterised by periods of depression along with episodes of elevated mood, known as mania or hypomania....

Medical diagnosis increases...

Major Depressive Disorder is the third largest contributor to life-years lost due to ill health, disability, or early death – and is looking...

person-centred digital care...

Common mental disorders (CMDs), including depression, anxiety, and stress-related conditions, are major contributors to global disability and sickness absence. In Sweden, they account...

reframing trauma as...

Trauma encompasses events or experiences that overwhelm an individual’s ability to cope, often involving perceived or actual threats to life, integrity, or safety...

Alarm bells ringing:...

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most widely diagnosed neurodevelopmental condition, affecting as many as 5% of children and adolescents (Cortese et al.,...

Physical health side...

Today I am bringing you a slightly different kind of blog. As a jobbing Psychiatrist I spend the majority of my time considering...

Does harsh parenting...

Parents’ treatment of their children, as well as family dynamics more broadly, are related to the children and young people’s (CYP) mental health....