beat eating disorders : Professionals

This clip, made by 5 girls for the eating disorders charity beat, shows the individual experiences they have had with doctors and professionals when recieving help for their illness. It is aimed at professionals, sufferers and family and provides information on how doctors can improve their services and highlights the good, and bad, treatment which is offered.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• eating
• disorder
• beat
• professionals
• anorexia
• bulimia
• treatment
• recovery

[thisismyspacebugoff]

this is such a good video. I am studying psychology with the aim of training to be a psychologist and this is a good video to see. I think the target weight thing is a hard issue though, because sometimes if a person is really dangerously ill then i think you need to focus on the weight intitially and then when they are abit safer start to draw the focus out onto what the causes are and how people feel. I dont know would be interesting to know what you guys think?

[beatingED]

The important thing to remember is that everyone is individual & a 1 treatment fits all approach doesn't work. Many young people are frustrated by how professionals don't allow them to have therapy until the professional thinks that they are ready, often they have proved themselves to be able to have good cognition by doing things such as successfully completing and getting good results at a'level exams at the peak of their illness. It's great that watching this video provoke discussion. :-)

[fightingforlife25912]

this is v intersting i am under a psychiatrist for other problems and have been since i was 14 i am now 19 and i bellieve i am having a relapse with food , when i told the psych this she said i cant get help till im underweight , . thing is by the time im underweight i wont want help,

in some cases i believe prevention can be better than cure , trying to work on preventing relaspe

[iheartpandas20]

excellent video- really gets across how bad some professionals can be. My only critism is that it doesnt stress enough how good some professionals can be, which may put some sufferers watching off contacting a gp. when i went to my gp he openly admitted he didnt know much about eating disorders and so referred me to an ed service and made sure they informed him of the best ways to help me at every stage of my recovery.

[dreadlockandload]

i live in australia and throughout my treatment the professionals, well most, have been fantastic. luckily though they have all been specially trained in eating disorders so yeh....but i cant imagine how it could be having ones that dont understand

[imairishdancer]

i totally agree with all these girls n boys .. proffessionals need 2 be more education on eating dosorders and treat people with them more like humans instead of numbers ! Beat is the bestest website in the universe, id recommend people 2 use it if they feel they need help and support! =]

[ida2x]

Really good video.I too have had professionals telling me to "just eat!".There's no point in trying to get help if nurses and doctors and psychologists and even psychiatrists are so ignorant, it just makes you feel that you might as well die.Educating the professionals is so important!!!

[thisismyspacebugoff]

vital that there is more education about mental illness especially eating disorders so that people realise there is no one cure fits all. People speaking out and making videos on youtube about there experiences is so educational and helpful i think this channel is great.

[thisismyspacebugoff]

Yeah i think that is the keynote to therapy, you need to work differently with everyone according to their needs. I think the cognition thing is a good point, we often get told in documentaries etc that you have to wait till people are a higher weight before therapy because of their cognition but i think people with eating disorders, or any mental illness have their cognition underestimated. I spent 6 months in hospital for depression at 17 and still got and a and b for a levels. i think it is

[picassomassacare]

wow this video reflects exactly my experience today...i have just been disgnosed with depression, despite the fact i have anorexia (and have had since I was 11)...the perception seems to be that if you are not underweight then you are ok. i am not ok...finally reaching out only has confirmed that there needs to be more training for health professionals in the recognition of eating disorders.