Social Anxiety at School

What’s it like – and what to do about it: A leading Oxford-based child psychiatrist explains The mental health charity Mind says there should be more help for students affected by social anxiety disorder – which is sometimes known as school phobia or school refusal – in which a child will not go to school […]

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The Perfect Diet? Phrases that Make Eating Disorder Dieticians Wince

“With the ‘wellness world’ forever growing, pursuit of the ‘healthiest’ diet is at an all-time high. Yet along the way, it seems that just about every food group has been vilified, eating styles criticized and weird concoctions seen as the ‘holy grail’. The nutrition world has become a minefield.” So says Rebecca Jennings, nutritional therapist […]

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Helping children with chronic fatigue

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or ME, affects at least one per cent of secondary school children in the UK. Around 250,000 people are diagnosed with CFS/ME in the UK and around 250 children with CFS/ME use LP each year. Despite the number of young people affected by this debilitating condition, there has been limited guidance on […]

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Mental health no longer taboo

Mental health is no longer the taboo subject it once was and a good job too, with one in four people suffering from a mental health problem at some point in their lives. In addition, more and more people are looking to move away from pharmaceutical drugs to treat mental health problems. I think people […]

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