University of Leicester

Investigators look at psychiatric treatment in large trial

Published in Elder Law Weekly, December 1st, 2004

Clinical eating disorders have one of the highest mortalities of any psychiatric category. They can be long lasting and life blighting. However, too often they are thought of by the general public, and sometimes even by healthcare professionals, either as trivial and perhaps glamorous or as rare and extraordinary.

A team of Leicester researchers is keen to correct these misconceptions and to portray eating disorders as important, serious, ordinary - and treatable. Getting better and escaping from an eating disorder is a demanding and active business but if sufferers can apply resolve and determination, modern treatments can provide reliable ladders that they use to...

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