Trying to dance through the rain

Chapter 14

"Now Dr Amelia the psychological side of things if you please." Mrs Elliot moved on, Amelia nodded.

"From what Dr Emily had already told me I was thinking along the lines of just anorexia but then her teacher had a conversation with her which arose a suspicion of depression from constant harassment and bullying." Amelia spoke with confidence.

"How long had this bullying been taking place?" Mrs Elliot enquired, clearly wanting to see attention to details.

"Apparently according to Emma it had been taking place since the beginning of last September." Amelia replied, she was always calm under pressure.

"By how many individuals?" Mrs Elliott tested.

"There are three that Emma has talked about, but I suspect that there are more." Amelia stated.

"Dr Amelia if you would please continue on."

"After hearing about Emma fainting in theatre I knew that panic attacks and anxiety were going to factor in as well as the suspicions of anorexia and depression. On first meeting Emma I met an extremely thin girl who seemed anxious meeting me. She was very quiet and you could see that she was thinking about everything I said and over analysing it. Which seemed like the exact opposite to the stories I'd been told about her by Lacey from before Emma was admitted. When Emma was doing the tests every time I glanced up to see if she was done it was evident that she was having a hard time answering the questions. When I looked over the test all of my predictions were confirmed. Although they were considerably worse than I had anticipated. I had anticipated results no higher than stage 4 at the most but her results showed anorexia, stage 4 anxiety and stage 5 depression. The excessive self harm raised further concerns of Emma pushing towards stage 6 depression in her fragile state." Amelia finished off.

"Thank you Dr Amelia." Amelia was dismissed with a curt nod.