Laura Renshaw-Vuillier is Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Bournemouth University.
Laura Renshaw-Vuillier
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Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.
Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
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Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation
12 August 2020 | 5 min read
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