Bulimia nervosa is a serious illness characterised by eating large amounts of food in a short amount of time, followed by inappropriate compensatory behaviours such as vomiting, using laxatives, restricting food and exercising to avoid gain…

Anorexia nervosa is a serious illness that can have life threatening consequences. It is characterised by a significant restriction of food intake, compulsive exercising, an intense fear of weight gain and disturbances in a person’s body im…

We all go through periods when we feel ‘low’ or sad, but if you notice that these feelings are lasting longer or are worsening, this could be a sign that you are showing symptoms of depression.

Self-harming is often a way for a person to try and cope with particularly difficult or distressing emotions and thoughts that they are experiencing.

Priory Wellbeing Centre in Dubai will be running a CME accredited evening lecture on “21st Century Psychiatry”, presented by Dr Walid Abdul-Hamid, Medical Director, MBChb,MRCPsych, PhD, EMDR Europe Consultant, Supervisor and Trainer in trai…

Binge eating disorder (BED) is one of the newest eating disorders to be recognised in the DSM-5. It is a severe, although treatable, illness that is characterised by “recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly…