I love how Rishi says people are “suffering from mental health”. Oh to suffer from having mental health.

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I want to say something to the people with mental health conditions that have got in touch with me worried / panicked about the govt news on possible benefits changes... NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

- The govt has put out a green paper. That is an EARLY STAGE consultation document.

So grateful for everyone’s support #dumpthescales

A massive thank you to to all the MPs who added their names

The #dumpthescales open letter has been sent.. Victoria Atkins

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Feeling dissatisfied with your body is common. What isn’t common is an uncontrollable desire to become emaciated, sometimes to the point of death.

These are very different things.

Your ED doesn’t have to be about something else.

You may have a problem with food because… you have a problem with food.

Agnes Ayton 💙 Robert Howard Alex Ruck Keene Wendy Burn CBE (She/her) Dr Chloe Beale 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #Capacity is also misunderstood in #OCD . Whereas people with OCD usually have capacity in most areas , ability to weigh up factors in decisions related to obsessive thoughts usually generally impaired - same with #hoarding . I know people have been harmed by not recognising this

Huge thanks to Hope Virgo for shedding light on this important issue. The mismatch between what pts are being told verbally and what is written in their notes is very worrying—it's the opposite of shared decision making, and is dishonest & utterly disempowering.

Depression is not ‘the ordinary difficulties of life’. Depression kills. Lose someone you love to suicide & tell me again you ghouls how depression is the ordinary difficulties of life. Fuck off fuck off fuck off,

Approximately 80 people will die in Ireland as result of an eating disorder every year. HSE inpatient & community ED support services are woefully underfunded & resourced to meet demand. 3 adult beds & 12 u18 beds is not enough Stephen Donnelly Mary Butler TD

Alex Ruck Keene Wendy Burn CBE (She/her) Dr Chloe Beale 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ In severe eating disorders, patients have capacity for many things, such as passing exams, having a clean house, etc, but grossly underestimate the risk of malnutrition to their lives. Using the MHA can be lifesaving. People’s views change during treatment

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Agnes Ayton 💙 And everything else. Strange new idea that because bad things still happen we shouldn’t bother reducing them. Imagine applying that to cancer or heart disease….

Really helpful analogy. We have had decades of incremental measures to improve road safety. It includes speed limits, car designs, legislation, etc. This has saved many lives. The same principles can be applied for improving patient safety in eating disorders.

Emma James Downs We need to change the language. 🙏🏻 We are dealing with a potentially life threatening condition, that predominantly affects young people or people of working age.

Many stories confirmed yesterday that the wish to die is temporary and people are grateful for support to recover.

James Downs We have zero suicide policies, which resulted in investments in research and learning from these tragedies. So, I agree that aspiring to stop avoidable deaths in eating disorders is a worthwhile and achievable goal. The goal of medical emergency guidelines was precisely that