Category Archives: AMH News

Eating Disorder Awareness Week – AMH everyBODY – a model of best practice for NI

As Eating Disorder Awareness Week draws to a close, it’s a fitting time to reflect on the incidence of the issue in Northern Ireland society. Each year in Northern Ireland


Eating Disorder Awareness Week – Bodytalk: keeping it real

Eating Disorder Awareness Week will soon be over but the issue of eating disorders is ever-present in Northern Ireland society. As part of Action Mental Health’s aim to foster resilience


Eating Disorder Awareness Week – men suffer too

Eating disorders are not solely the preserve of females, and today, during Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we highlight the increasing incidence of eating disorder amongst males in Northern Ireland. Statistics


Eating Disorder Awareness Week – carers need support too

As Eating Disorders Awareness Week continues, today we look at eating disorders from a carer’s perspective – the people on the frontline, helping their loved one through their difficult journey


Eating Disorder Awareness Week – AMH everyBODY client tells of her journey of self-awareness

As Eating Disorders Awareness Week continues, one woman, who availed of the support of AMH everyBODY during her battle with Binge Eating Disorder, tells her story… “I was first referred


Eating disorders – how to help someone through their difficult journey

Eating disorders are highly complex psychological illnesses that can develop for myriad reasons. They can arise from a complex interaction of biological, psychological and social factors and what triggers an


One everyBODY client tells her story…

As the global spotlight shines on eating disorders, one client of AMH everyBODY reveals what life with an eating disorder is really like… “AMH everyBODY provided a relaxed setting, which


Eating Disorder Awareness Week – helping to smash stigmas and separate fact from fiction

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week – an international event devised to fight the myths and misunderstanding that surround anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and EDNOS – disorders that are similar to but