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Children and young people with anorexia nervosa (AN) are often recommended family-based...

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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...

Can positive expectations...

When I was young, a teacher told me, “If you think good, you’ll feel good”. It stayed with me. Even as a child,...

Texting anxiety away:...

Who among us doesn’t spend too much time on our phone? While the impact of mobile phone use is not always positive, these...

photovoice and the...

“A picture tells a thousand words” Imagery has been found to be an incredibly powerful and impactful way to tell a story, or share an...

Asking preadolescents about...

One of the main concerns about asking preadolescents (8-12 year olds) about suicidal thoughts is the fear that it will actually cause or...

Body clocks and...

Each spring, the clock change nudges our daily routines out of sync, even if only for a few days. Humans have evolved alongside...

Before the symptoms...

On its own, the IDEA-RS could discriminate who would later develop depression with moderate accuracy. That was helpful, but was it better when...

Do school smartphone...

In many schools today, smartphones are a constant presence in corridors and classrooms. They have become a central part of young people’s daily...

A declaration of...

MQ was founded to improve mental health research and connect the public with scientists working to find solutions for the 1 in 4...

is long-term medication...

Recovery from first-episode psychosis (FEP) often brings a sense of relief, but it also raises a challenging question. After a period of experiencing...