I Can Beat Obesity!: Your Companion to A Healthier Lifestyle Source: Afam Elue According Psychologist Carol Dweck, people can be categorised into two mindsets – those with a growth mindset and those with a fixed mindset. Those with a… Read More ›
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What is Diabulimia?
What is Diabulimia? Credit: Shutterstock It isn’t surprising if you’ve never heard of ‘diabulimia.’ It is an eating disorder that is clinically apparent, but which isn’t medically recognised at the time of writing this. Diabetes and Bulimia Diabulimia is… Read More ›
Mindfulness, Leadership and Ethics
Mindfulness, Leadership and Ethics In a follow-up to my blog on Mindfulness in the Workplace, I wanted to hone in on the role of mindfulness in leadership and ethics. Picture Source: https://www.toastmasters.org/Magazine/Articles/Mindful-Leadership Leadership Recent cross-functional… Read More ›
The Internet of Things in Healthcare
The Internet of Things in Healthcare Source: http://www.bsminfo.com/doc/the-internet-things-its-quest-cut-healthcare-costs-0001 Coined by British technologist Kevin Ashton in 1999, the term “Internet of Things” (IoT) was used to describe a system in which devices are connected over the internet via sensors to… Read More ›
Eating Disorder Recovery Handbook: A Practical Guide for Long-term Recovery
Your Path to Recovery For many months I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Nutritional Advisor, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Personal Trainer Emma Bacon on the ‘Eating Disorder Recovery Handbook: A Practical Guide for Long-term Recovery.’ This… Read More ›
What are Pharma doing for Mental Health?
What are Pharma doing for Mental Health? Governments are increasingly worried about the state of people’s mental health – and for good reason. In the United States, the cost of lost wages, health care, and disability is approximately $317… Read More ›
5 Pharma Flops and Feats
Pharma Flops and Feats Pharmaceuticals have helped us to live longer and enjoy greater quality of life, but there have also been instances in which things didn’t work out quite as planned. I investigated ten recent examples that illustrate the… Read More ›
Mentorship for Eating Disorder Recovery
Mentors for Overcoming Eating Disorders Eating disorders are commoner than many of us realize. Statistics show that 9% of women suffer from anorexia in the developed world. Bulimia is less prevalent, with an estimated 1.5% of women suffering from this… Read More ›
Exercise and Eating Disorders – Finding Balance
Exercise and Eating Disorder Recovery – Finding Balance Some people in recovery from eating disorders tend to feel ambivalent about exercise. For many, exercise has been a tool that has helped to maintain the disorder. The idea that it can now… Read More ›
PROMs: The Basics of Psychometrics
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: The Basics of Psychometrics Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (or PROMs) are patient perspective questionnaires given before and after an elective procedure and can be extremely useful for statistical analysis of patient care. These questions use psychometrics to… Read More ›
Dermatillomania (Skin Picking): Compulsion or Addiction?
I recently wrote a blog on skin picking (Dermatillomania), which focused on what skin picking is and how it can start. Now we have the pleasure of some words of wisdom from Sophia Brooks, who set up the website howtostoppickingtips,… Read More ›
What is Dermatillomania (Skin Picking)?
Skin Picking: Dermotillomania Clinical evidence shows skin picking is far more common than most people realise. Young adults and adolescents especially are more prone to this unhealthy and destructive habit. Fortunately, most people recover successfully after taking specific,… Read More ›
Eating Disorders: Effects of Starving and Vomiting
I wanted to post some more on the effects of eating disorders on the mind and body, but this time focusing on the effects of specific behaviours. In particular, I will be describing some of the physical and psychology effects… Read More ›
