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In conversation with: Dr Meg Spriggs (Research Associate) and Hannah Douglass (PhD Candidate), Centre for Psychedelic Research, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College, London
Working in collaboration with: Dr Kirsty Alderton and Dr Frederico Magalhaes who offered mental health support for these focus groups.
What did you do?
There is a current lack of effective treatments for anorexia nervosa (an eating disorder characterised by weight loss, difficulties maintaining weight, and often a preoccupation with one’s own body weight and shape). With fewer than half of those diagnosed with anorexia making a full recovery, there is a desperate need for new treatment avenues to be explored.