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Coping through Christmas with an eating disorder

Lawson Psychology

Coping through Christmas with an eating disorder Christmas can be a very difficult and challenging time for people with eating disorders or difficult relationships with food. Move on notice: Parents, loved ones of people with eating disorders, please learn to move conversations on if there are too many intrusive inquiries.

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Legal analysis: the Supreme Court’s verdict on ordinary residence and mental health aftercare

Community Care

Section 117 places a duty on health authorities and local social services authorities to provide aftercare services for people who have left hospital following compulsory detention for treatment for mental disorder under the MHA (for example, under section 3). However, the DHSC changed its mind and challenged its own guidance.

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Council pays family £2,500 after issuing care proceedings based on ‘incomplete and flawed information’

Community Care

A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. On two occasions in 2016 and 2017, Richmond council refused to pay for continued therapeutic work for Ms X and Y, that had been recommended by a multi-disciplinary assessment.

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Supporting yourself or a loved one through Christmas when there is an eating disorder in the midst

Lawson Psychology

Supporting yourself or a loved one through Christmas when there is an eating disorder in the midst Christmas can be a very difficult and challenging time for people with eating disorders or difficult relationships with food. The guilt is just the eating disorder having a tantrum. Young people! You have a role here too.

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Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Effective as a Standalone Treatment for Substance Use Disorders? An Evaluation Using the Tolin Criteria

Society of Clinical Psychology

To answer the question “Is cognitive-behavioral therapy effective as a standalone treatment for substance use disorder?”, In other words, how do we know if a given psychosocial treatment is effective for a given mental disorder? Why is it important to identify effective treatments for substance use disorder?

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Defining response and nonresponse to posttraumatic stress disorder treatments: A systematic review. Targets and outcomes of psychotherapies for mental disorders: An overview.

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Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

Community Care

The leading authority is R v Barnet LBC ex p Shah [1983] 2 AC 309, where Lord Scarman said: “…‘ordinarily resident’ refers to a man’s abode in a particular place or country which he has adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his life for the time being, whether of short or long duration”.