Personality disorder
Some mental health professionals aren't comfortable with the idea that a personality can be disordered. Others accept the existence of such disorders but are unconvinced that mental health services should get involved. For most other mental ... [... more]
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Bulimia Nervosa, information from the Mental Health Foundation Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder. People with bulimia nervosa can't stick to a healthy eating pattern. They tend to binge, that is, eat a lot at once. This makes them feel ... [... more]
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Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa, information from the Mental Health Foundation Anorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder. People with Anorexia nervosa don't eat enough, usually because they feel that their problems are caused by what they look like. They ... [... more]
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Eating disorders
Eating disorders, information from the Mental Health Foundation Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. These affect about 2% of adult females and ... [... more]
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Bulimia
Bulimia - known medically as bulimia nervosa - is an eating disorder marked by cycles of binge eating of excessive quantities of food, followed by purging using self-induced vomiting, laxatives or diuretics. In some cases a person with bulimia ... [... more]
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Eating disorders
Eating disorders are a common problem, yet they often go unnoticed, undiagnosed or untreated. Many myths surround eating disorders, the most popular being that they only affect young women and can be easily dealt with. Anorexia, binge eating and ... [... more]
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Eating disorders
Many adult women are guilty of passing on mixed messages about food to younger generations. In the first decade of the 21st century, they appear to be getting steadily commoner in Britain. But why do they occur? The reasons are complex, and they ... [... more]
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Men get anorexia too. Thousands of them.
In fact eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia are not just womenâEURs problems. Thousands of men have them and the number is growing. Left unrecognised and untreated they can be very dangerous to health indeed. Eating disorders can ... [... more]
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What happens to the body?
Anorexia nervosa is a common eating disorder that often starts with normal dieting to lose weight, but turns into a form of intentional starvation, causing a person to become dangerously underweight. Anorexia usually starts in the mid-teens, ... [... more]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Few of us have total control over our thoughts. A moment's reflection will show that we can all think of some occasion when a mental image has popped into our head without warning. What professional help is available? What support is ... [... more]
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Thought diaries
Mood and thought monitoring techniques that you can try yourself If you're feeling depressed or anxious, these are some techniques which might help you to identify the behaviour, feelings and thoughts that are to blame. Before you use these ... [... more]
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Schizophrenia
Few conditions are as misunderstood as schizophrenia. Misleading media reports have led to the perception that people with the illness pose a serious threat to others. But this is a damaging misrepresentation. What are the symptoms? How common is ... [... more]
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