The highs and lows of being a patient with an eating disorder in emergency care
Service user James Downs on how compassionate nurses made him feel worthy of being cared for
15 Jul 2019
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RCNi has a wide range of resources available to help nurses support patients with eating disorders back to health.
We have gathered together a selection of our features, comment and peer-reviewed clinical articles from Nursing Standard and specialist journals Mental Health Practice and Primary Health Care for you to read.
Binge eating disorder: the effectiveness of brief group treatment
Background There is minimal provision for people with binge eating disorder despite...
29 Apr 2019
Quality standard for eating disorders highlights need for closer liaison between teams
Eating disorders guidance from NICE calls for better coordination and earlier access to care
25 Oct 2018
A tool to track links between menstruation and mental health
It is widely accepted that the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle affects the mental...
09 Oct 2018
Tragedy of anorexia captured on stage
Lesley Warner reports on plays showing anorexia's emotional impact and malevolent nature
06 Sep 2018
MPs urge health service ombudsman to speed up investigations
Long-drawn-out ombudsman inquiries add to families’ trauma, MPs say
25 Apr 2018
Hospital admissions for eating disorders double
The number of admissions to hospital for eating disorders nearly doubled in the seven years...
13 Feb 2018
Eating disorder services need to change, nursing experts warn
Nurse leaders have vowed to tackle failing eating disorder services in England, in the wake...
10 Jan 2018
Student with anorexia ‘failed by every NHS body that cared for her’, says ombudsman
Report on death of Averil Hart ‘should be a wake-up call to health leaders’ to make urgent...
12 Dec 2017
Carers’ experiences of caring for a loved one with an eating disorder
Background Carers of people with an eating disorder describe feelings of stress, anxiety,...
09 Nov 2017
Recognition and management of eating disorders in children and young people
Eating disorders form a group of mental health conditions characterised by abnormal eating...
25 Oct 2017
Book review: 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook
Senior lecturer Dean-David Holyoake reviews 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder...
17 Oct 2017
‘My nurse helped me believe I could recover - and that I deserved to’
Hannah is looking forward to qualifying as a nurse, and says her future looks bright thanks...
06 Aug 2017
Nurse urges tighter curbs on online diet pills after daughter's death...
A nurse whose daughter died after taking online diet pills containing a toxic chemical is...
31 Jul 2017
Lonely students more at risk of mental health problems
Students who feel lonely are at greater risk of developing mental health problems, including...
30 May 2017
My eating disorder specialist nurse helped me believe I deserved life
Aspiring nurse Hannah hopes she will make half the difference to patients that Sarah Moody...
31 Mar 2017
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Tackling transition will improve the recovery of young people with eating disorders
Research nurse Sarah J Taylor, with UK eating disorder charity Beat and the Burdett Trust,...
28 Feb 2017
People with eating disorders ‘sent to Scotland due to bed shortage’
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says sending vulnerable people hundreds of miles away for...
12 Dec 2016