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#Eating Disorder

# eating-disorder - This year 2025

Ireland needs 23 beds for eating disorders - but seven years on, there's still no sign of them
# Lack Of Treatment
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# Lack Of Treatment

Ireland needs 23 beds for eating disorders - but seven years on, there's still no sign of them

Feb 25th 2025, 12:05 AM 14,405 Views 48 Comments

More than 20 new beds were due to be made available since 2018 – but none were.

Opinion: When in the grip of anorexia, New Year's resolutions were huge for me — not anymore
# Mental Health
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# Mental Health

Opinion: When in the grip of anorexia, New Year's resolutions were huge for me — not anymore

Jan 11th 2025, 7:30 AM 5,853 Views 0 Comments

# eating-disorder - Last year 2024

Extra €10m for mental health services to include funding for new eating disorder team
# Mental Health Budget
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# Mental Health Budget

Extra €10m for mental health services to include funding for new eating disorder team

May 27th 2024, 3:33 PM 5,853 Views 20 Comments

Ireland condemned for ‘exporting people to the UK’ for eating disorder treatment
# Broken Promises
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# Broken Promises

Ireland condemned for ‘exporting people to the UK’ for eating disorder treatment

Apr 27th 2024, 7:30 AM 9,370 Views 18 Comments

Ireland has just three adult eating disorder beds. The plan was for 20 more. €0 was provided.
# Eating Disorder
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# Eating Disorder

Ireland has just three adult eating disorder beds. The plan was for 20 more. €0 was provided.

Updated Apr 24th 2024, 12:46 PM 18,818 Views 34 Comments
  • No funding provided over the last six years to open adult eating disorder treatment beds
  • HSE says it is focusing on treatment hubs, rather than individual beds
  • Eating disorder experts say the number of extra beds needed has now likely increased since last plan was made - and not funded

# eating-disorder - All time

Secrecy, shame, and getting help: Men and eating disorders in Ireland
# Health
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# Health

Secrecy, shame, and getting help: Men and eating disorders in Ireland

Jun 26th 2022, 12:05 AM 15,287 Views 10 Comments

6% of eating disorder patients admitted to hospital have received specialist care since 2018
# HSE
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# HSE

6% of eating disorder patients admitted to hospital have received specialist care since 2018

Jun 17th 2022, 6:00 AM 6,886 Views 0 Comments

Cork woman with eating disorder forced to go public to pay for treatment
# Eating Disorder
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# Eating Disorder

Cork woman with eating disorder forced to go public to pay for treatment

Nov 4th 2021, 9:15 PM 38,667 Views 14 Comments

'I don't want to crowdfund for my life': Young woman with serious eating disorder appeals for in-patient treatment
# Mental Health
From TheJournal.ie
# Mental Health

'I don't want to crowdfund for my life': Young woman with serious eating disorder appeals for in-patient treatment

Apr 15th 2021, 9:51 AM 20,600 Views 4 Comments

What are the wider implications of Covid-19 on our overlooked health services?
# Covid-19
From TheJournal.ie
# Covid-19

What are the wider implications of Covid-19 on our overlooked health services?

Jan 31st 2021, 11:00 AM 9,170 Views 10 Comments

'I don’t know how you’re even still alive' - The ex-Ireland international who lived a nightmare
# Resilience
From The 42
# Resilience

'I don’t know how you’re even still alive' - The ex-Ireland international who lived a nightmare

Feb 22nd 2020, 10:00 AM 45,932 Views 14 Comments

Compromise and having a 'code word': How to make Christmas easier for people with eating disorders
# Advice
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# Advice

Compromise and having a 'code word': How to make Christmas easier for people with eating disorders

Dec 24th 2019, 11:00 AM 12,937 Views 10 Comments

'It takes over a person's life': How clean eating can go too far
# Orthorexia
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# Orthorexia

'It takes over a person's life': How clean eating can go too far

Nov 2nd 2019, 9:00 AM 27,236 Views 13 Comments

Seriously ill woman with eating disorder opposes being made ward of court
# Courts
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# Courts

Seriously ill woman with eating disorder opposes being made ward of court

Sep 19th 2019, 6:00 PM 18,282 Views 0 Comments

Court grants HSE order allowing it to take steps aimed at saving life of woman with eating disorder
# Anorexia
From TheJournal.ie
# Anorexia

Court grants HSE order allowing it to take steps aimed at saving life of woman with eating disorder

Sep 17th 2019, 5:56 PM 15,847 Views 0 Comments

'Serious concerns' over private treatment centre for people with anorexia
# Lois Bridges
From TheJournal.ie
# Lois Bridges

'Serious concerns' over private treatment centre for people with anorexia

Jun 7th 2018, 5:18 PM 21,267 Views 4 Comments

HSE says Brexit implications 'unclear' for Irish patients seeking eating disorder treatment in the UK
# Treatment Abroad
From TheJournal.ie
# Treatment Abroad

HSE says Brexit implications 'unclear' for Irish patients seeking eating disorder treatment in the UK

Mar 11th 2018, 8:00 AM 7,616 Views 15 Comments

Hospital receives High Court order to feed 'critically ill' woman with anorexia through tube
# Courts
From TheJournal.ie
# Courts

Hospital receives High Court order to feed 'critically ill' woman with anorexia through tube

Jan 5th 2018, 3:51 PM 23,774 Views 0 Comments

'Recovery is possible': A third of people seeking help for eating disorders have had one for over 10 years
# Reaching Out
From TheJournal.ie
# Reaching Out

'Recovery is possible': A third of people seeking help for eating disorders have had one for over 10 years

Aug 12th 2017, 9:00 PM 17,415 Views 9 Comments

'To The Bone does not elevate disordered eating behaviours as something to aspire to'
# Read Me
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# Read Me

'To The Bone does not elevate disordered eating behaviours as something to aspire to'

Jul 15th 2017, 8:00 AM 2,144 Views 7 Comments

Bingeing: 'I eat until I feel sick. I don’t realise what I’ve eaten until after the binge'
# Eating Disorders Awareness Week
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# Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Bingeing: 'I eat until I feel sick. I don’t realise what I’ve eaten until after the binge'

Feb 26th 2017, 8:00 PM 24,740 Views 18 Comments

Column: How to get through Christmas if you're recovering from an eating disorder
# Read Me
From TheJournal.ie
# Read Me

Column: How to get through Christmas if you're recovering from an eating disorder

Dec 22nd 2016, 7:30 PM 1,157 Views 0 Comments

'Fussy eater' kids more likely to have mental health issues
# Bleugh
From TheJournal.ie
# Bleugh

'Fussy eater' kids more likely to have mental health issues

Aug 3rd 2015, 10:59 AM 19,840 Views 39 Comments

'I can't remember the first time I made myself sick but it quickly went from once a week to every meal.'
# Eating Disorder
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# Eating Disorder

'I can't remember the first time I made myself sick but it quickly went from once a week to every meal.'

Jun 23rd 2015, 8:42 PM 19,953 Views 8 Comments

‘Having anorexia is harder than you can possibly imagine. I lived through hell.’
# Mental Health
From TheJournal.ie
# Mental Health

‘Having anorexia is harder than you can possibly imagine. I lived through hell.’

Apr 10th 2015, 8:00 AM 6,288 Views 12 Comments

'I'm desperately reaching out for help... but where can I get it?'
# Opinion
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# Opinion

'I'm desperately reaching out for help... but where can I get it?'

Apr 1st 2015, 8:00 PM 9,825 Views 34 Comments

'When I realised my thoughts were unhealthy, I retreated into myself even more'
# Opinion
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# Opinion

'When I realised my thoughts were unhealthy, I retreated into myself even more'

Mar 25th 2015, 8:00 AM 297 Views 7 Comments

Here's why Ireland doesn't need a ban on 'too thin' models
# Fashion
From TheJournal.ie
# Fashion

Here's why Ireland doesn't need a ban on 'too thin' models

Mar 22nd 2015, 6:30 PM 56,019 Views 61 Comments

Increase in the number of men in their 20s and 30s with eating disorders
# Awareness
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# Awareness

Increase in the number of men in their 20s and 30s with eating disorders

Feb 23rd 2015, 5:30 PM 14,659 Views 25 Comments

Opinion: I thought my eating disorder gave me control, but it was really controlling me
# Mental Health
From TheJournal.ie
# Mental Health

Opinion: I thought my eating disorder gave me control, but it was really controlling me

Jan 27th 2015, 2:52 PM 1,417 Views 11 Comments

Opinion: Discovering my daughter had an eating disorder was a devastating experience
# Mental Health
From TheJournal.ie
# Mental Health

Opinion: Discovering my daughter had an eating disorder was a devastating experience

Sep 18th 2014, 8:00 PM 117 Views 3 Comments

Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
# Living With Mental Illness
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# Living With Mental Illness

Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite

Jul 19th 2014, 12:00 PM 521 Views 59 Comments

Opinion: I had to drop out of Gaelic football training. Why? Because I was bulimic
# Eating Disorder
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# Eating Disorder

Opinion: I had to drop out of Gaelic football training. Why? Because I was bulimic

May 10th 2014, 12:01 PM 198 Views 8 Comments

Column: 'I was in a secret, emotionally abusive relationship with myself'
# Anorexia
From TheJournal.ie
# Anorexia

Column: 'I was in a secret, emotionally abusive relationship with myself'

Mar 19th 2014, 1:00 PM 955 Views 20 Comments

Column: Eating disorders are not about food – they're about emotional distress
# Mental Health
From TheJournal.ie
# Mental Health

Column: Eating disorders are not about food – they're about emotional distress

Feb 24th 2014, 1:53 PM 776 Views 28 Comments

Singer Ke$ha seeking help with eating disorder
# Rehab
# Rehab

Singer Ke$ha seeking help with eating disorder

Jan 4th 2014, 3:30 PM 23,135 Views 5 Comments

The Sunday Papers: some of the week's best sportswriting
# Well Read
From The 42
# Well Read

The Sunday Papers: some of the week's best sportswriting

May 27th 2012, 8:17 AM 511 Views 0 Comments

Pocock struggles with eating disorder
# Unexpected
From The 42
# Unexpected

Pocock struggles with eating disorder

Nov 14th 2011, 8:14 PM 1,840 Views 1 Comment

Topshop removes controversial image of thin model from website
# Topshop
# Topshop

Topshop removes controversial image of thin model from website

Jul 13th 2011, 2:33 PM 1,194 Views 1 Comment

Anti-anorexia model Isabelle Caro dies at 28
# Anorexia
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# Anorexia

Anti-anorexia model Isabelle Caro dies at 28

Dec 30th 2010, 1:24 PM 6,685 Views 1 Comment

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