Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 08, 2017, 04:54:37 PM
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This is obviously tragic but just not sure what change might be made to stop it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42267778
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That is so tragic. :o I am very fortunate that none of my children have had an eating disorder.
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I remember reading - not all that long ago - that anorexia is the psychological condition with the highest mortality rate.
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Yes it is. Louis Theroux did a documentary about Anorexia Nervosa which was recently on TV. It was harrowing.
It isn't just youngsters who have the disorder though they figure more than older people.
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I would like to say that it's not just females either.
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It's an incredibly hard disease to beat. The anorexics I know best both relapsed. One was my age with a daughter.
I'm wondering whether something in the University/Halls of Residence could/should be set up? A resident nurse or MH team? There seems to be the possibility of them not meeting their duty of care given how desperately unwell she was at the time of her admission to hospital.
I knew a man whose daughter had anorexia, and he said that she was the bravest person he knew, just because every day she'd try. She was thirteen when I knew him.
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I would like to say that it's not just females either.
You're right there Shaker.
Rhiannon, those with the disease keep it well hidden for a long time. They also try hard to beat it and for a while it can look as though they're getting better. You probably know all that as you've known some. I too have known a couple of anorexics.
This programme was very good:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41404054
This is the Louis Theroux documentary:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09d5nk2/ad/louis-theroux-talking-to-anorexia