“A 2013 report by the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health found there to be over 1.6 million individuals suffering from eating disorders in the UK, 75% of whom were female. Analysis from 2022 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists indicates that hospital admissions for eating disorders increased by 84% in the last five years. Hospital admissions reached 24,268 in 2020/21, 11,049 more than in 2015/16. Admissions among children and young people with eating disorders rose the most, by 90% in the five-year period, from 3,541 to 6,713 episodes, with a 35.4% increase just in the last year alone. Among boys and young men, admissions rose by a staggering 128%, from 280 hospital admissions in 2015/16 to 637 in 2020/2021. There was also an increase of 79% seen in adults across the five years.”

Webinar von Public Policy Exchange mit den Vortragenden:

Dr Agnes Ayton (Vice Chair of the Faculty of Eating Disorders Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists),
Hannah Lewis, PhD Researcher at the Centre for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London
Hope Virgo, Author and Multi Award Winning Mental Health Campaigner
Paula Blight, Chief Executive at the Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association (SWEDA)
Dr Karina Allen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Senior Lecturer at King’s College London