Family Socioeconomic Position and Eating Disorder Symptoms Across Adolescence This cohort study uses data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children to examine the associations of childhood socioeconomic indicators and eating disorder symptoms across adolescence.

Our new study led by Jane Hahn looking at the association between different childhood indicators of socioeconomic position and eating disorder symptoms in adolescence. Financial hardship was the indicator most consistently associated with increased risk: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🚀 We’ve just launched our biggest Impact Report yet 🚀

From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives.

£23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards.

Read the full report on our website 💚
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...

Mind the Kids - Navigating Eating Disorders Trauma in CAMHS YouTube video by Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

🎤New 'Mind the Kids' pod!
Navigating #EatingDisorders Trauma in #CAMHS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZgz...

@claragfaria.bsky.social talks to Dr. Robyn McCarron about the realities and challenges of inpatient care for young people.

Trigger warning: Sensitive topics, listener discretion is advised.

Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews Research papers found carrying hidden white text giving instructions not to highlight negatives as concern grows over use of large language models for peer review

well this is worrying from multiple points of view: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Our new study led by Dr Annie Jeffery in CPRD/HES finds high mortality and physical health admissions across all eating disorder diagnoses with evidence of disparities across gender, ethnicity, and deprivation. Men in particular have higher mortality and admissions. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....

Massive congratulations to @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social Ilaria Costantini who has been awarded an MRF Launchpad grant (and all other fantastic researchers who won these awards!) 🎉🎉 Thank you @medresfdn.bsky.social for supporting vital eating disorder research!

Fantastic colleagues Charlotte Constable Fernandez, Alida Acosta-Ortiz, María Camila García Durán, Rob Saunders, @francescasolmi.bsky.social, William Tamayo-Agudelo, Fabio Idrobo and me

We are recruiting UK-based men aged 40 to 65 years for our @ucl.ac.uk #suicide research study: Men Talking About Suicide. Closes 30/06/25. Funded by a UCL Grand Challenges award. Do please pass on to this invitation &/or click on this link to read more:
redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=7...

The contradictions of social prescribing Social prescribing is the practice where healthcare services like GP surgeries refer patients to non-clinical activities in their local communities as part of their treatment.

Some thoughts on social prescribing in a climate of funding cuts and closing community spaces:
open.substack.com/pub/pravpata...

(and I've finally started a substack and aim to write more about topics in health and prevention!)

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.

Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.

As of this morning, it’s gone.

NHS wait times for people with eating disorders hit 'crisis' levels Demand for access to NHS services for those with eating disorders has reached record highs, statistics from NHS Digital show.

“Eating disorders have one of the largest treatment gaps in modern healthcare. The question must be asked: ‘Why, in the face of overwhelming need, are we still ignoring this crisis?’” www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/3001202...

Congratulations!!!

‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugs Weight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a practice experts have…

‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK

Great to see UCL's research (including from Division of Psychiatry's Andrew Sommerlad) showcased at Fondazione Prada's "Preserving the brain" exhibition!

Little pre-holiday reminder: I'm recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...) - deadline is January the 12th, so think about it over the break and then apply in the New Year! Do get in touch if you have any questions (though bear in mind I'll be OOO too 🎄)