Anorexia in transition: from CAMHS to adult mental health services

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A small Danish qualitative study explores how young people with anorexia experience the shift from family-based treatment in CAMHS to adult mental health services.

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Scrolling for answers: how reliable is mental health and neurodivergence-related information on social media?

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A new systematic review finds that mental health and neurodivergence-related misinformation is highest on TikTok, but quality varies widely across all platforms.

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Shared genetic patterns found across 14 psychiatric disorders

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Psychiatric disorders share genetic variants that cluster into five main factors. Understanding shared biology could improve treatment, but more diverse genetic data urgently needed.

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Anorexia recovery looks different for professionals and people with lived experience

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Qualitative study reveals gap between how lived experience individuals and professionals conceptualise anorexia recovery; particularly around weight restoration and residual symptoms.

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Recovery, relapse, and genetic risk: what 10,000 Danes taught us about eating disorder trajectories

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How often do people with eating disorders switch diagnoses, recover, or relapse? This large Danish study follows more than 10,000 people over nearly a decade, uncovering patterns of remission and genetic vulnerability that could help shape more personalised care.

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Sleep quality in eating disorders: new review finds significantly more sleep impairments in people with anorexia

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Ellie Davis summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis that provides evidence that eating disorders are linked to sleep deficits, though the underlying factors and impact on treatment remain unclear.

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Food, sadness and guilt: how do anorexia patients and clinicians feel about supported mealtimes?

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Samatha Han and Caitlin Lloyd summarise a qualitative systematic review that explored patient and clinician perspectives on supported mealtimes within treatments for anorexia nervosa.

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Childhood trauma and abuse: long-term outcomes for people with eating disorders

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In her debut blog, Ivana Kihas summarises a Norwegian 17-year longitudinal study examining the trajectories of eating disorder symptoms and associations with childhood maltreatment and sexual abuse.

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ARFID outcomes: new research suggests that avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is a persistent and distinct eating disorder

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Georgie Parker summarises a prospective 2-year longitudinal cohort study investigating the course and predictors of outcome in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in young people.

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The impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with eating disorders

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Lucy Hyam discusses a qualitative study that explored the impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with current or past experience of eating disorders.

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