Overcoming the Mental Health Challenges of Living with a Serious Allergy: Expert Insight

In this insightful video, Simon Williams from Anaphylaxis UK sits down with Dr Chrissie Jones, Associate Professor at Surrey University and expert in Behavioural Medicine. Together, they discuss the mental health support available for individuals living with a serious allergy. With Dr Jones's extensive background in primary care and public health, she provides valuable insights and guidance for those seeking support for their mental health in the face of a life-threatening allergy. Don't miss this informative and enlightening conversation!
These are the links mentioned in the video:
The psychological interventions for patients and their parents with food allergy via Nutricia’s in-house magazine called Small Talk
www.nutricia.co.uk/content/da...
The review Chrissie's team did is freely available online support for emotional well-being for people with food allergies which is Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... - Table 1 is really helpful as has a link to all of the webpages they identified
www.getselfhelp.co.uk/ has lots of downloadable resources; the problem-solving worksheet is pretty accessible for people to use on their own

[@debbiesimpson7902]

My son has ana to fish .crab and blue muscle the worst .
It started at weaning stage , tuna caused red cheeks ,croaky throat ,cod fish fingers was next ,this was 24 years ago , no information was given only as he got older to give him piriton .
We were not aware it was life threatening .
I never gave him any fish , as a teen he would go to chip shop not eating fish , chips which were cross contaminated . Causing huge lumps . Or swelling of mouth , or eyes if he rubbed them after touching counters .
Hes worst ana reaction was when he was given veg stirfry which contained fish extract .
His reaction was really bad , full ana requiring a and e .
After this he would not eat , he lost 2 stone ., had anxiety which is now at age 25 after many reactions .pts ocd . No eating out .no prepack foods . Even though all food is home made he is still no better .
It affects all the family ,because uf they come into the house ,they need to wash hands ,to have not eaten fish , but he still dosnt trust anyone only me his mum .
He rarely goes out , he dosnt mix with people ,
You should stay away from cafes , restaurants, sorry to say , because ana can be caused by young people working in Saturday jobs ,unware of fish or peanut allergies .
Its not worth facing death which can happen. Goin on holiday for us to spain was hard ,all ingredients were in spanish . Be aware the language barrier causes difficulties .
It dosnt get easier with diagnosis .it gets worse when a child becomes a young adult .they realise its serious .

[@adriansie8895]

Could you provide a link to the online resources mentioned? Thanks