Legal decisions on longstanding severe eating disorders
The treatment of longstanding severe eating disorders is a public concern amid rising service pressures and legal cases. These cases raise complex issues about the interface between legislative schemes, restrictive practices, best interests, treatment refusal and potential interaction with assisted dying legislation, when patients lack capacity yet clearly express wishes.
Authors
- Adaeze Bradshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4493-6305)
- Paul Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8158-4383)
- Emma Cave (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3988-9068)
- Jess Griffiths
- Jacinta Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8879-441X)
- Alex Ruck Keene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8856-8132)
- Rachel Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2958-0331)
- Nikola Kern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7394-0253)
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- Durham University (GB)
- Lighthouse Guild (US)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- London Clinic (GB)
- Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (GB)
- Oregon Clinic (US)
- Media Working Group (US)
- Living Streets (GB)
- GGNet (NL)
- Shipley Hospital (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10490
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00