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How Does Unresolved Trauma in the Family Underpin Mental Health Conditions Including AN and BPD?

27 March 2025 No Comments

When families experience trauma, it changes the way family members relate to one another and affects the family system as a whole. Sometimes, families are able to resolve their trauma, especially if they already have a strong and supportive family system. In other cases, unresolved trauma causes long-term harm to relationships and interactions between family members. This disrupts young people’s emotional and social learning and can cause them to develop unhelpful or harmful thought patterns and behaviours as they attempt to cope with what they experience and observe.

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Anorexia Nervosa and Borderline Personality Disorder in Kuwait: When and Where Should Parents Reach Out for Help?

5 March 2025 No Comments

Mental health disorders like anorexia nervosa and borderline personality disorder are common among young people in Kuwait. For parents, seeing a young person face challenges in their mental health can cause stress, anxiety, sadness, and frustration. It’s not easy to know how to act or when to reach out for support.

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Prepubescent Anorexia – Why Diagnosis in Under 14s is Rising

1 March 2025 No Comments

Identifying and treating anorexia as soon as possible is crucial to effective treatment and recovery. Without timely treatment, children can experience serious and long-term harm to their mental and physical health. This means that it’s really important to look out for the signs of anorexia in pre-teens as well as adolescents and seek professional support if there are any concerns.

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Loneliness and Eating Disorders: Exploring the Connection

27 February 2025 No Comments

Social isolation and loneliness may cause young people to become more inward-focused and preoccupied with their body shape and weight. Meaningful social relationships are important in creating a sense of perspective and self-worth. Relationships help young people understand the many ways they are valuable and emphasise their hobbies and passions. Without these relationships, it’s easier for disordered eating attitudes and behaviours to dominate a young person’s life.

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MANTRa: a Treatment Specifically Designed for Anorexia Nervosa and Later Adapted for Teens

26 February 2025 No Comments

MANTRa stands for the Maudsley model of anorexia nervosa treatment for adolescents and young adults. It’s adapted from MANTRA, a recommended first-line treatment for adults that was specifically developed for anorexia.

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The Differences Between Family-Based Treatment and the Cognitive-Interpersonal Maintenance Model of Anorexia Nervosa

24 February 2025 No Comments

It’s now well-established that interpersonal relationships play a key role in maintaining – and recovering from – anorexia nervosa. Families usually constitute a young person’s

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Anorexia and Restrictive Eating in Dubai

21 February 2025 No Comments

In the United Arab Emirates, disordered eating behaviours are now relatively common among young people. Sociocultural changes, including exposure to Western beauty ideals, have caused

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Divorce, Separation and the Onset of Eating Disorders

17 February 2025 No Comments

When parents divorce or separate, it’s usually a formative event in a young person’s life. Sometimes, parental divorce can cause serious emotional distress or even

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Eating Disorders at Boarding School

10 February 2025 No Comments

Eating disorders are serious mental health disorders that usually develop during a young person’s teenage years. For children and adolescents at boarding schools, symptoms of eating disorders may be first noticed by teachers or other students. Eating disorders are relatively common at boarding schools, and most schools have specific protocols regarding support, care, and boundaries.

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Anorexia Nervosa and Critical Parents

7 February 2025 No Comments

If a young person develops an eating disorder, it’s not the fault of the family. Eating disorders develop as a complex result of social, biological,

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Repeating a Year at School Following a Mental Health Crisis: Putting Mental Health First

17 April 2025

When a young person experiences a mental health crisis, they may have to take a substantial amount of time out of school. This can happen because their mental health symptoms make it too difficult to navigate their school environment or because their school cannot provide the support they need to stay safe while they are there. They may also take a break from school to focus on their recovery with intensive outpatient or residential treatment.

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Parental Separation and Divorce: A Trauma-Informed Approach

14 April 2025

When parents separate or divorce, it shakes the family system. Families often begin a grieving process, experiencing changing emotions like shock, sadness, or anger. Separation itself – and the events leading up to it – can sometimes be traumatic for family members, including both parents and children.

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Are Difficulties in Teen Friendships Associated with Worsening Mental Health?

11 April 2025

Unsurprisingly, adolescent friendships are linked to mental health. Young people with at least one friendship have higher self-worth and less depression. Those with high-quality friendships or more friends are less likely to experience emotional distress or social difficulties. Even a small number of high-quality friendships can also act as a buffer against wider social difficulties like a lack of acceptance from peers.

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