Mark Austin: I told my anorexic daughter to starve herself to death
After struggling to cope with his daughter’s anorexia, newsreader Mark Austin told her to "starve to death and get on with it". Five years later, Mark admits he failed to comprehend the severity of Maddy's condition, but as she came closer to death he knew she needed rapid and urgent help.
Mark and his wife Catherine managed to save Maddy, but he says they were very lucky to find the support they did.
Mark joins us today to speak out about the struggles he faced in accepting and finding help for his daughter, and how he is now desperate to get better funding and support for mental health on the NHS.
Maddy is running the London Marathon and raising money via Virgin Money Giving for the children's mental heath charity Place2Be