Psychological Services for food allergy: the unmet need for patients and families in the UK

Knibb, Rebecca, Halsey, Mary, James, Polly, du Toit, George and Young, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1455-2765 (2019) Psychological Services for food allergy: the unmet need for patients and families in the UK. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 49 (11). pp. 1390-1394. ISSN 0954-7894

Preview

PDF (Knibb_et_al-2019-Clinical_&_Experimental_Allergy) - Accepted Version Download (244kB) | Preview

Abstract

Research over the past 20 years has demonstrated the significant impact food allergy can have on quality of life and mental health of patients and their families, yet there is a paucity of psychological services to support families in coping with this condition. This paper provides a short overview of the psychological impact of food allergy, followed by a discussion of the use of paediatric psychological services for long‐term conditions. To our knowledge, few paediatric allergy clinics in the UK have funding for dedicated clinical psychology services. Two such services are based at Southampton General Hospital and the Evelina London Children's Hospital. This paper includes descriptions of these services and how they are currently being used by patients and families. This is followed by an allergy clinician's perspective on the use of psychological services. Recommendations are made for allergy services to work with hospital psychology services to develop, integrate and deliver psychological services for all patients with allergy and their families who are in need. Future research also needs to focus on the efficacy of psychological therapies and group interventions in food allergy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 05:11
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72094
DOI:	10.1111/cea.13488

Downloads

Actions (login required)

View Item