Medication for eating disorders blog 5: 14 tips for parents and partners when a loved one needs medication
Medication for eating disorders blog 5: 14 tips for parents and partners when a loved one needs medication
By Deborah Etienne-Ward Some tips about supporting your loved one when medication is suggested for their eating disorder Firstly,...
February 5
Medication for eating disorders blog 4: Stigma associated with Mental Illness and Psychotropic Medication
By Deborah Etienne-Ward It is well known that people with mental illness are stigmatised. Hurtful or offensive comments about...
January 25
Medication for eating disorders blog 2: Will medication change me?
By Deborah Etienne-Ward This second article in the Medications for Eating Disorders series aims to address the common concern...
December 6
Medication for eating disorders blog 1: Are medications useful for eating disorders?
By Deborah Etienne-Ward Psychotropic medication refers to medication that has the purpose of managing mental illness by altering mood,...
November 25
Psychologist wanted!
BodyMatters is thrilled to announce that we will be adding another therapist to our expanding team. If you, or someone you...
June 18
Changes to the Diagnostic Criteria for Eating Disorders: From DSM-IV-TR TO DSM-V
The chapter on Feeding and Eating Disorders in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
March 15
Charter of Peer Support: A Photo Blog
By BodyMatters therapist Sarah McMahon What informs how we approach supporting people with body image or eating issues? This...
September 13
Eating Disorders in Schools
By BodyMatters therapist Sarah McMahon Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to speak about eating disorders with some...
September 4
Help!! Someone I love has an eating disorder!!
By Psychologist Sarah McMahon At BodyMatters we have a constant stream of people contacting us because someone they...
August 14
Welcome to Our Bookshop
Books can be great personal tools or may even be treated as friends, which give you a helping hand...
August 6