The Royal College of Psychiatrists (The RCPsych) is calling for warning symbols to be placed on images that have been digitally altered or enhanced and for underweight models to be banned altogether.
Children are now frequently exposed to airbrushed imaged of underweight models, leading them to believe that this is the natural body type they read more »

A recent report featured on BBC News has suggested that half of young people suffering with eating disorders believe their illness was caused by bullying.
Researchers interviewed more than 600 16-25 year gold’s suffering from anorexia, bulimia or over eating. Of those questioned, 91% said they had experienced bullying with 46% of them believing read more »

A recent report in The Times has highlighted the shockingly low self esteem of Britain’ s teenage girls. Mother’s consider this a warning, because after reading this you will probably want to take your precious daughter and ship her off to a far corner of the world where plastic surgery isn’t on the Christmas list read more »

It has been found that women who participate in adventure therapy often walk away with higher levels of self-confidence and motivation.
This research was conducted by Dr Kaye Richards and was presented at the 5th International Adventure Therapy Conference. It examined practical ways of working therapeutically outdoors with women who suffer from eating disorders.
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RC Psych) is calling for urgent action to address the dangers of pro-eating disorder websites, and wants the government’s Child Internet Safety Council (UKCCIS) to mark these websites as harmful.
The RC Psych has called on UKCCIS to expand its definition of harmful web content to include pro-ana (anorexia) and pro-mia read more »

Times online have recently created a number of questionnaires to help you determine if you might have a mental illness. If you are worried that your winter blues might be something a little more serious then find out if you need to seek help. We are all guilty of using the terms stressed and depressed read more »

Research shows that children whose fathers suffer from mental health problems are more likely to suffer themselves, reports the BBC.
Reviewing previous research, the team from Oxford University said too much emphasis had been placed on mothers’ mental health rather than fathers, as mothers are considered to provide the most childcare. However, with shifting roles within read more »

Those who suffer from anorexia may be predisposed to the condition and develop it in the womb, reports the Guardian website.
A new study monitored girls and women from the UK, Norway, and America aged between 12 and 25 who had been admitted to clinics for anorexia. Researchers discovered that 70% of participants had damage to read more »

An article on The Guardian website today written by a former anorexic is calling for more help and support for sufferers of anorexia.
Over the last decade there has been an 80% rise in those being admitted to hospital with anorexia, and out of all those diagnosed with the condition, 30% will continue to suffer from read more »

There has been a big rise in the number of teenage girls being admitted to hospital for anorexia, reports The Independent.
Over the past ten years the number of girls under 16 taken into hospital suffering from anorexia has risen by 80%, according to new figures released by the NHS. The figures rose from 256 being read more »