Hands Up

Researchers: Jessica Wilkins; Professor Ulrike Schmidt; Dr Karina Allen

Affiliation: King's College London

Email address: jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk

Who can take part?

To take part in this study, you must:

• Have current or past experience of any eating disorder although a formal diagnosis or experience of formal eating disorder treatment is not required.
• Be aged 16 years or older.
• Self-identify as having one of the following characteristics
  • From an ethnic or racial minority group
  • Male
  • From a sexual or gender minority group.
• Be willing to take part in a semi-structured interview.

What is the purpose of the research?

The purpose of the project is to understand your experience of seeking help for an eating disorder. This might include factors which helped you to ask for help for eating problems as well as thinking about what made it difficult. We are specifically interested in the experiences of people who self-identify as belonging to one of the following groups: from ethnic or racial minority background, men, from a sexual or gender minority group.

What does the study involve?

If you choose to take part in the project you will be asked to take part in an interview and complete a short questionnaire. Participation will take place either in person at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, or online, whichever suits you best.

How can someone take part?

To learn more, or to take part, please contact jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk.