Bould

... but this is the first empirical evidence that this is the case,” said child and adolescent psychiatrist and lead researcher Dr. Helen Bould, who worked with other scientists from the University of Bristol, UCL, London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...

"It might be an unintentional effect of the aspirational culture of some schools that makes eating disorders more likely; it might be that eating disorders are contagious and can spread within a school," said lead author Dr Helen Bould, child and ...

"Eating disorders have an enormous effect on the lives of young people who suffer from them-it is important to understand the risk factors so that we can address them," Dr. Helen Bould, the research leader and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the ...

"For a long time clinicians in the field have noted that they seem to see more young people with eating disorders from some schools than others, but this is the first empirical evidence that this is the case," Dr Helen Bould, a child and adolescent ...

But lead author Helen Bould, Ph.D., child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Oxford, department of psychiatry, does have some theories. The first: Eating disorders may be contagious and spread from student to student within a school. It ...

“Eating disorders have an enormous effect on the lives of young people who suffer from them — it is important to understand the risk factors so that we can address them,” says study leader Dr. Helen Bould, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the ...