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Body dissatisfaction in adolescence: does it cause eating disorders and depression later?

admin December 12, 2025

More than half of teenagers today are unhappy with their bodies (Hock et al., 2025). This widespread body dissatisfaction – the gap between how we look and how we wish we ...

antidepressants

Stopping antidepressants safely: network meta-analysis compares deprescribing strategies

admin December 11, 2025

Prescriptions for antidepressant medication continue to rise in the UK and globally, partly driven by increasing long-term treatment (Mars et al., 2017). Recent data ...

body-focused repetitive behaviours

Interoception, affective touch, and the science of skin-picking disorder

admin December 7, 2025

For most of us, the skin is simply a boundary – a barrier between us and the world. But for those who live with body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs) such as ...