Force Feeding Anorexics

Should Anorexics be force fed?

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

A dramatic rise in the use of compulsory admissions over the last two decades does not mean that psychiatric disorders have in their nature got worse, but that the prospects for those who have them seem more bleak. This is because a progressively starved, more disorganised NHS is less effectively caring.