Alykhan Asaria
I am an independent peer researcher/author and volunteer for the National Health Service (NHS). By integrating my lived experiences and involvement in the underappreciated field of quality improvement, I am determined to improve eating disorder care in the UK and internationally. I strongly advocate the inexpensive care principles of Compassion, Hope, Empathy, Appreciation (of identity), and Patience (CHEAP). ‘CHEAP’ care is affordable if we care enough.
Eating disorder diagnosis failing young and old
In this third post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan’s Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, three more underserved groups are discussed — younger children, people with under-recognised eating disorders, and people with higher weights. Younger children and pre-adolescents Children under 13, and by implication, their caregivers and loved ones,..
“We need permission to live rather than to die”
In the second post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, the first of 12 underserved groups are discussed – people with longstanding eating disorders and older people with an eating disorder. Anecdotally, eating disorder (ED) sufferers are considered ‘older’ when they reach their late..
Improving access to and experiences of eating disorder care
In this first post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care, underserved groups and humanistic eating disorder care are discussed. This article on improving access to eating disorder (ED) care is informed by my lived experiences, independent research, and involvement in the underappreciated field of quality improvement (QI)...
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