Useful strategies can help alleviate mental health problems during the pandemic
Jul 12 2021
In spite of many clinical options, people with mental health problems including eating disorders often do not access professional help within the crucial first 12 months – in part because of lack of information in the community about accessing targeted services.
Professor Tracey Wade. Image Credit: Flinders University
Anxiety and depression are normal reactions to situations such as pandemic lockdowns but arming yourself with some useful strategies can alleviate this, says Flinders University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Tracey Wade.
For example, a randomized trial of ‘unguided’ low intensity cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) was found to decrease signs of anxiety and depression in the comparative study led by Curtin University and international experts, including Matthew Flinders Professor Wade.
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It was exhausting being caged by a sickness nobody else could see, hear, feel or understand. She wanted to take her own life before the anorexia claimed hers. Thankfully she, or it, never did, and she s been recovered for two years. The same can t be said for many others as the silent killer of eating disorders slowly destroys more lives than ever. Â
In Australia, an average of five people aredying of eating disorders each day. That s more than the national road toll of three people a day. One million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder, the most common being anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating, and numbers are rising with health services facing record-breaking demand for treatment.