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...
New research analysing thousands of therapy cases across England suggests many autistic adults see little improvement from standard treatments, highlighting the need for...
Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder (DDD) is a mental health condition that people often have a hard time describing. In their Mental Elf blog, a team...
With recognition of increasing demands on services, health care providers might point us towards a ‘Digital Mental Health Intervention’ (DMHI) on our phones...
A large review published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that heavier use of digital media, particularly social media, is consistently associated with poorer developmental...
Children’s well-being is a serious and growing concern in the UK, as elsewhere. According to Professor Richard Watt and colleagues (2026), writing in...
Cannabis policies are becoming increasingly liberal worldwide, partly driven by interest in the potential therapeutic effects of cannabinoids for mental health conditions and...