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Sub-theme: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective of Barriers to Care and Unhelpful Experiences
- Primary care professionals argued that individuals with eating disorders are difficult and challenging and create tension between all parties.
- They felt that people with eating disorders often lack motivation and adherence with treatment, with much of the drive for help-seeking and recovery coming from the families.
- Therefore, some primary care professionals were reluctant to work with eating disorders, with expressions of ‘frustration’, ‘resentment’ and ‘irritability and disgust’ in the physical comorbidities, considering eating disorders as being ‘low prestige’ compared with other illnesses, with some stating they ‘don’t like’ or ‘don’t want to work with them.
- Primary care professionals saw the lack of training and resources in eating disorders as a barrier and felt that frustration caused negative attitudes that then impeded therapeutic relationships.
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Updated 2022-05-07
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Clinical Practice of Psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Sub-theme: Individuals with Eating Disorders’ Perspective of Barriers to Care and Unhelpful Experiences
Sub-theme: Family/Friends’ Perspective of Barriers to Care and Unhelpful Experiences
Sub-theme: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective of Barriers to Care and Unhelpful Experiences
Sub-theme: Utilizing the Primary Care Setting