Food for thought: bringing eating disorders out of the shadows

Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows.

This global campaign is the most ambitious attempt to raise awareness of epilepsy. It aims to overcome general ignorance, misinformation and stigma attached to this condition. We want to inform the public about the emotional and social consequences that can follow a diagnosis of epilepsy. The campaign also highlights the medical and social care needed by millions of neglected people across the ...

Bringing stroke out of the shadows.

I am the founder of a company that makes stroke rehabilitation devices. I recently conducted a direct mail campaign to self-identified stroke survivors, but a few stray letters ended up in the wrong mailboxes. What an insult! For two weeks, I had people writing unpleasant e-mails and calling my office to scream at me because I had (accidentally) called them a stroke survivor. One woman told me ...

Bringing postnatal depression out of the shadows.

Last week, it fell to a judge in a UK court to decide the fate of a woman who had killed both her children, while suff ering from postnatal depression. The court heard from three psychiatrists who gave evidence that Felicia Boots, who suff ocated her 14-month-old and 10-week-old children, had postnatal depression. She had stopped her prescribed antidepressants because she was convinced that the...

Bringing children's mental health "out of the shadows".

Thought-shape fusion in eating disorders.

OBJECTIVES The aims of the present study were (1) to examine the association between a cognitive distortion ('thought-shape fusion') and eating disorder psychopathology and (2) to examine the degree of thought-shape fusion in people with eating disorders and a non-eating-disorder control group. DESIGN Associations between thought-shape fusion and eating disorder psychopathology were examined ...