Vanessa never thought her child's reduced food intake would turn into a long-term, life-threatening eating disorder. Now, after 25 hospital visits in the past year, she's calling for more long-term care and support to stop the cycle of readmission.
Haven has been hospitalised about 25 times in the past year due to a severe eating disorder . Eating Disorder s Victoria is calling for the government to release its eating disorder strategy and to invest in early intervention and outpatient services.
People with ARFID often have other mental health problems including depression, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, and avoid certain foods out of fear they are contaminated and will harm them.In just over a year, Haven has been admitted to Monash Children's Hospital with tachycardia and dangerously low levels of blood sugar about 25 times.
"I feel like every time Haven gets discharged from hospital more of brain function disappears to the point where they've just become this paranoid person with deluded thoughts about food and germs.Vanessa has requested long-term care from the hospital, and more mental health support, but said the Victorian hospital system is broken in terms of dealing with eating disorders.
Ms Crozier said the Minister for Mental Health, Ingrid Stitt, and Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas, should better support children with eating disorders and their families. The centre aims to provide 24/7 support to people aged 18 years and older, with some consideration given to young people between 16-17 years old.
Belinda Caldwell, of Eating Disorders Victoria, says the Victorian government needs to release its eating disorder strategy and commit to more hospital investment."You don't want to keep them in there for weeks or months … that takes people away from their families, away from social life, away from other things for extended periods.
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