An anonymous UK-based woman, asked for advice on her husband s mood swings. She explains that her husband who is in his early 50s, has become grumpy since the first lockdown.
Dr Igi Moon is a chartered psychologist whose work focuses on psychotherapy, gender, sexuality and emotion.
They are also chair of the Coalition for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Against Conversion Therapy, which includes 17 major therapy organisations, such as BPS and UKCP, GPs, NHS England and NHS Scotland, and is pushing for a ban on conversion therapy in the UK.
Moon told
PinkNews why a ban on conversion therapy in the UK is vital, and why all healthcare providers “must come together again and fight to stop any of our community being told they need to be ‘cured ”.
Are you a white cis gay man in your mid-60s living in London? Then you may have been given conversion therapy. Against your wishes. Simply because you needed to be ‘cured’.
Content warning: Eating disorders
TikTok has become an extremely popular social media platform during the pandemic, with trends and challenges which entice users to take part. TikTok has provided people with an outlet to be creative and, whilst most of the trends and challenges are designed to be fun and harmless, there is another side of TikTok which promotes harmful messages, in particular, pro-anorexia content.
This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, defines eating disorders as: “Serious mental illnesses affecting people of all ages, genders, ethnicities and backgrounds”. Anorexia nervosa (commonly referred to as anorexia) “is a serious mental illness where people are of low weight due to limiting how much they eat and drink.” Individuals with anorexia can limit how much they eat but may also do lots of exercises, make themselves sick, or misuse laxatives. They can also “experience a deep fear of gaining weight, and wil