Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa While Having Contact with Psychiatric Care: A Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

Study Protocol for “Psilocybin as a Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Pilot Study”

“…"There was a willingness to get better, but I just couldn't" (Focus group 2, A2) Across previous studies, both clinicians and patients agree that increasing willingness and motivation to recover is an essential first step of any effective treatment (64,70,81). We therefore see this as an important outcome for this trial.…”

“…One consistent element however, was that both focus groups identified rediscovery of identity as a key component of recovery. AN is commonly regarded as an "egosyntonic" condition, where the disorder is central to one's identity and value system (64,(69)(70)(71)(72). The existential threat of recovery as a process of generating a new self-identity (64,(71)(72)(73) was reflected in both focus groups: "So, I sort of get quite scared of the idea of trying to like, find those boundaries between me and the illness and wondering who I would be without it when I have lived my entire life building my sense of self while also having this there.…”

“…Motivation for recovery is a widely acknowledged barrier to treatment for AN and an essential first step of any effective treatment (64,70,79,81). The Readiness and Motivation Questionnaire (RMQ) provides total readiness scores (for precontemplation, action, internality, and confidence), as well as readiness scores for four domains of eating disorder psychopathology (cognition, restriction, bingeing, compensatory strategies) in reference to the past 2 weeks.…”

Conceptualising specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM): current evidence and future directions

“…It is reported that patients with EDs find it helpful to be ‘seen and treated as a whole person’ [ 26 ] p. 586 and that it is experienced as unhelpful to focus exclusively on weight and eating symptoms [ 30 ]. While patients consider structure to treatment as supportive, care needed to be individualised, flexible, engaging and personal to be accepted by patients [ 31 ]. The compatibility of SSCM with patient preferences, through its structured yet flexible and individualised nature together with concurrent symptom and person focus may account for its efficacy.…”

Διευρεύνηση Μη Ειδικών Θεραπευτικών Παραγόντων Που Σχετίζονται Με Θετική Έκβαση Των Ψυχοθεραπευτικών Παρεμβάσεων Σε Πάσχουσες Από Διαταραχή Πρόσληψης Τροφής

“…(Resmark et al, 2019). Ωςτόςο, ςυχνά παρατθρείται ότι οι κεραπευτζσ και οι αςκενείσ δεν χρθςιμοποιοφν «κοινι γλϊςςα» ςυνεννόθςθσ αναφορικά με τθν προςζγγιςθ και τουσ ςτόχουσ τθσ κεραπείασ (Elran-Barak et al, 2018, Karlsson et al, 2020, Matoff & Matoff, 2001, Swain-Campbell et al, 2001, Wu & Harrison, 2019. Θ άποψθ των ίδιων των αςκενϊν για τθν κεραπεία τουσ δεν ζχει διερευνθκεί εκτενϊσ μζχρι ςτιγμισ και οι ζρευνεσ δείχνουν ότι, προσ το παρόν, υπάρχουν αρκετά "τυφλά" ςθμεία τθσ κλινικισ διαχείριςθσ των ΔΡΤ.…”