The idea of the summer holidays may sound idyllic and relaxing but the reality of it is that summer isn’t always a happy time for everyone. Relationship charity Relate has reported often seeing a surge in calls throughout the summer holidays from both couples and families whose summer breaks have not quite worked out how read more »

According to a UK study of over 11,000 mothers, women with a history of eating disorders may struggle to fall pregnant quickly and are twice as likely to need fertility treatment than the general population, reports BBC News. In a study of more than 11,000 women, a team of researchers from King’s College London and read more »

According to new figures taken from 35 NHS hospitals in England, in the past three years over 2000 children under the age of 16 were treated for eating disorders. The figures, which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Brownies and eating disorder charity B-eat, also revealed that 197 of the cases read more »

According to researchers in Finland, music therapy can help to reduce symptoms of depression on a short term basis. A recent study which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that patients with depression who received music therapy showed more improvement in their symptoms than the patients who received standard care read more »