Editorial policy · reviewed 30 August 2026
How claims, sources, uncertainty, lived experience and review dates are handled.
We prefer legislation, regulators, NHS and public-health guidance, professional standards, systematic reviews and peer-reviewed primary research. Community sources may explain language and practice but are labelled as such.
A citation supports a particular claim; it does not make every statement from that source universally applicable.
We separate established guidance, emerging evidence, professional judgement and community convention. Limitations such as self-selected samples, small studies, changing terminology and jurisdiction are stated where material.
Absence of evidence is not presented as proof of safety, harm, normality or disorder.
Pages show a review date or belong to a dated editorial edition. Material changes in law, clinical guidance or safety advice are prioritised for review.
Coverage, wording, sources and conclusions are decided solely by educational value and the quality of the available evidence.
AI-generated editorial illustrations are labelled on detailed pages. They are used to organise and clarify adult educational material, not as evidence, documentary records or depictions of real people.
Every generated image must be reviewed for adult-only scope, factual fit, accessibility, stigma and consistency with the site's non-graphic safeguards. An illustration never determines coverage, wording or a conclusion.
The site owner retains responsibility for publication, corrections and the application of these standards. The phrase editorial team describes the site's editorial function and does not imply a clinical service or unnamed professional credential.
Sources, review dates, limitations and correction routes are published so readers can examine the basis of important claims rather than relying on authority by assertion.