The High Mortality Rates Associated with Eating Disorders With a mortality rate higher than any other mental illness, including depression, eating disorder awareness ought to pervade society and the medical community alike. Sadly, they don’t. While you might be...
By John Paul Brammer I don’t remember the first time I purged. I remember it being a habit, a nightly ritual. I remember the pattern of the bathroom tiles in my parents’ house. White, diamond-shaped tiles, grout, the smell of toilet water – I spent a lot of time in...
By Gilian Havey, Freeland Writer As the cookie crumbles in my mouth, delivering a shot of much-needed sugar, a sudden urge flashes across my mind. I am tempted to grab another, and another, before dashing to the loo to purge. Stilling myself, I engage rationally with...
Louise O’Neill is the award-winning author of Only Ever Yours, Asking for It, Almost Love and The Surface Breaks, with a reputation for hard-hitting books tackling feminist themes. The day my Leaving Cert results were issued, I was in Spain. My father had gone...
A Mayo Oireachtas member has voiced her concerns over data published by the child and adolescent psychiatry surveillance system. The shock report revealed that up to 4,000 children and adolescents in Ireland between the ages of eight to 17 may be suffering from...
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