College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Despite a plan to open 20 new specialist beds for eating disorders by 2023, there remain just 3 beds to cover the entire country. ’ A 21 year-old with a chronic eating disorder says that she was in and out of hospitals many times before she was 18. She said ‘receiving that help gives you your life back.’

Eating disorders 52

Eating disorders Hospitality 52

Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 144

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Childhood trauma Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 144

Mad in America

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As a psychotherapist, I’ve come to see that many of the people I work with who struggle with OCD, anxiety, depression, complex-post traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addiction have deep childhood and cultural wounds stemming from people and systems that hurt them.

Psychedelic therapy 124

Psychedelic therapy Childhood trauma Emotional intelligence Eating disorders 124

Mad in America

JULY 29, 2024

In this blog, a therapist who works with children and young people expands on some of these worrying consequences, including the imposition of identities, the co-option of the neurodiversity movement for personal and professional gain, the restrictions on therapeutic work, and the silencing of dissenting views. I see and hear.

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Construction Education Eating disorders 144

Mad in America

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Internal struggles often escalate later in life when thrown into a competitive college environment or workplace, which include eating disorders and addictive behaviors. Their strong need to be seen as competent conceals the sad truth that they can look well-adjusted and successful on the outside, but inside they suffer silently.

Parenting styles 115

Parenting styles Eating disorders Education Adolescent mental health 115

Mad in America

MARCH 11, 2024

But she has an eating disorder,’ my mother said. Once again, my older brother walked into the kitchen where I was talking to my mother. He saw me in distress. Tell her to pull her socks up,’ he told my mother. He was twenty-nine. He had not been sent to boarding school.

Eating disorders 120

Eating disorders Construction Legal Education 120

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Among women, mood and eating disorders are three times more common than those attributed to men. When it comes to understanding the conflicts and ailments that women and dissidents experience on a daily basis, it is surprising how quickly these sufferings are transformed into diagnoses and multiple diagnoses.

Genetics and mental health 109

Genetics and mental health Hospitality Sleep and mental health Technology 109