Relation

Sub-theme: Individuals with Eating Disorders’ Perspective of Barriers to Care and Unhelpful Experiences

  • In the literature, individuals with eating disorders considered primary healthcare the most appropriate and opportunistic setting to diagnose eating disorders and intervene in the first instance.
  • However, the health professionals in primary care settings were reported as resenting challenges and difficulties at the early stages of help-seeking. Individuals with eating disorders reported lack of eating disorder experience, understanding and knowledge among primary care professionals, particularly among GPs, practice nurses and social workers.
  • Frequent failure to detect eating disorder symptoms and provide a timely diagnosis was described.

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Updated 2022-05-07

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Clinical Practice of Psychology

Feeding and Eating Disorders

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