Eating disorders often control a young person’s life. They can dictate their decisions and choices, overpowering other goals, dreams, and values. At the same time, starvation affects the brain’s ability to think clearly, make reasoned decisions, and be resilient to external and internal challenges.
Many young people now take part in ‘clean eating’, a type of diet that involves eating foods considered to be healthy, unprocessed, or without certain ingredients like added sugar or saturated fats. Clean eating is often framed as a health pursuit – a way of eating that is good for the body and mental health.
Family relationships are often quite complicated and experience normal periods of conflict, instability and turbulence. Reconnection can be a daunting and challenging task, but the desire to reconnect and rebuild the lost bond is a brave first step.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) splitting affects how someone responds to certain stimuli. It can affect how you view the world and cause extreme emotional fluctuations.
Bipolar disorder is one of the most poorly understood mental health disorders. Research has found that people with bipolar disorder are also at increased risk
Mental health disorders among teens are common. According to the World Health Organisation, about 1 in 7 teenagers experience mental health problems worldwide. Despite this, awareness about
Anxiety disorders are a set of mental health disorders which affect many people across the UK. While it is normal to experience some worry and
Spreading awareness about mental health disorders like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) helps families, communities, and societies offer effective structural and social support to young people
From birth all the way through our lives we form attachments and relationships with people around us. The way in which we relate to these
Attachment style is a theory which relates to the way we form relationships with others, both in childhood and throughout our lives. It is thought
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental health disorder that affects the way a young person sees themselves and interacts with the world around them. Young people with BPD often have an unstable or incoherent sense of self, patterns of unstable relationships, and intense emotional reactions. They may experience chronic feelings of emptiness and a fear of abandonment by others.
Dissociative experiences often happen when someone is exposed to a traumatic event. When someone experiences trauma, they may be overwhelmed by stress and detach, in some way, from their experience, emotions, and/or body. People who have experienced acute trauma often describe dissociating from their bodies and watching something happen to themselves.
Despite the mental health epidemic among adolescents and young adults, only a minority access treatment. Barriers to treatment are often institutional: in many places, specialist services do not exist, or spaces are lacking with long waiting lists. But many young people don’t seek help for mental health problems in the first place. Studies suggest that only 18-34% of young people with mental health disorders try to access professional support.
