Do eating disorders run in your family?
The Eating Disorders Research Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry/Guys Hospital in London are looking for help with research into genetic links in eating disorders. Although eating disorders are not 'genetic' illnesses, certain genes may make it more likely that some people suffer from them. The researchers are particularly interested in families where more than one person has had an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa. If you would like to find out more, or if you think you (and possibly your family) make be able to help with this important study, visit the relevant pages on the Research Unit site.
Or you can contact Corinne Gale at the Institute of Psychiatry for further information:
Email Corinne at c.gale@iop.kcl.ac.uk or write to her at the Genetics Study, Academic Psychiatry, 5th Floor, Thomas Guy House, FREEPOST NAT5305, London, SE1 9BR.
For more information on genetic aspects of eating disorders have a look at an article written by Professor Janet Treasure elsewhere on the site.
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