BackgroundBipolar disorder and schizophrenia are associated with increased mortality
relative to the general population. There is an international emphasis on decreasing this …

Background Inpatient suicide and absconding of inpatients at risk of self-endangering
behaviour are important challenges for all medical disciplines, particularly psychiatry …

Eating disorders (EDs) have an estimated prevalence rate of 1%–5% across Europe.
Effective adjunct interventions are needed to support the 20%–40% of families whose …

Restrictive practices are used in response to conflict and aggression in psychiatric inpatient
settings. Reducing such practices is the focus internationally of policy and legislative …

Objective It was the aim of this pilot study to apply a novel eating disorder (ED)‐specific
home treatment (HoT) to adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) and to investigate its …

This pilot study assesses the impact of FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for
Eating Disorders [ED]), a novel transdiagnostic service for emerging adults with recent ED …

BackgroundFamilies express a need for information to support people with severe anorexia
nervosa. AimsTo examine the impact of the addition of a skills training intervention for …

Mental health services and systems (MHSS) are characterized by their complexity. Causal
modelling is a tool for decision-making based on identifying critical variables and their …

Abstract Background Patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) experience high levels of social
difficulties and anxiety. These problems might be underpinned by negatively biased …

Despite increasing evidence of the impact of health inequalities on mental health (Pickett
and Wilkinson,), there is only limited recognition of the potential role for mental health social …