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Kel O'Neill

@kel-mhb.bsky.social

Award-Winning Eating Disorders Specialist | Therapist, Researcher & Educator | Founder of VOXED & TRC | Grounded in Lived Experience 🌍 Based in North Wales | Available for collaborations #LivedExperience #PPI #IatrogenicHarm #Risk #Weightbias

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Kel O'Neill@kel-mhb.bsky.social · last yr.

Universities are struggling – I know that. But if we don’t support students with eating disorders now, how many of them will even make it to graduation? This isn’t just disheartening – it’s dangerous. Tag your uni. #EatingDisorders #University www.mentalhealthbites.co.uk/2025/06/eati...

Eating Disorders in Universities: More Need, Less Capacity

Over the past few months, I’ve heard from multiple different universities that they're struggling. Struggling with budget cuts, staffing pressures, student demand, rising levels of need, and the bruta...

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Kel O'Neill@kel-mhb.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm thinking more and more about how challenging is it for folks to access the #eatingdisorder care they need and how I can support this improving without going broke by offering my services for free (which I obv cant do).... if you have an idea I am all ears?!

Kel O'Neill@kel-mhb.bsky.social · last yr.

When people with #EatingDisorders don't get the care they need they are sometimes labeled "beyond help"...and soon they might have access to assisted dying. Read about it in my latest blog post: #MentalHealth #AssistedDying #SystemicChange

The Assisted Dying Bill: A Risk We Can’t Ignore in Eating Disorder Care

This is a topic I’ve so far held off from writing about - maybe because it feels too heavy for a blog post, too big to capture in a way that does it justice. But the more I sit with it, the more I re...

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Wera Hobhouse MP@werahobhouse.org.uk · 2y ago

For many these figures will come as little surprise - campaigners & clinicians have sounded the alarm bells for years. Eating disorders are a national emergency. We must treat them as such, starting by ensuring all front-line health workers are trained to care for patients with an eating disorder.

Children in hospital with eating disorders 'up by 500 per cent'

The stark statistics showed that admissions for eating disorders jumped from 478 to 2,938 between 2012 and 2022 - a rise of almost 515 per cent.

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Kel O'Neill@kel-mhb.bsky.social · 2y ago

Let’s leave behind the ‘ #NewYear, new you’ narrative, including the pressure to diet or set unrealistic goals. Instead, ease into the new year with kindness. 💛 Join me for #GentleJanuary. #AntiDiet #SelfCare #GoodEnough Download the free booklet

#GentleJanuary - Ease into 2025

The start of the year can feel like a lot, can’t it? Everywhere you look, there’s pressure to set goals, stick to resolutions, and become a whole new version of yourself overnight. “New year, new you!...

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