Melissa Wilton
Melissa is Head of Communications and Engagement at Butterfly. With a strong background in communications, marketing, fundraising and stakeholder management, she has worked in not-for-profit organisations for some years, including disability, health and mental health. Melissa says the recently released Butterfly report Raising the Alarm: Carers Need Care Too, clearly demonstrates the theme ‘Eating Disorders – We Can’t Afford to Wait’. The costs to carers are not just financial, with 83 percent of carers reporting a negative impact on their mental health, with 64 percent acknowledging they would benefit from psychological support – and yet more than 40 percent have never sought any sort of support for themselves.
Raising the alarm on eating disorders: carers need care, too
… for many carers, the experience of caring has changed their lives irrevocably and highlights the need for adequate and tailored support services for carers. – Butterfly Report Raising the Alarm: Carers Need Care Too, 2019 Australian research has revealed a critical need for support for not only people with eating disorders, but also their carers...
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