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Anorexia Nervosa And Bulimia Nervosa: The Patients' Perspective, Benita J. Quakenbush
Anorexia Nervosa And Bulimia Nervosa: The Patients' Perspective, Benita J. Quakenbush
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Eating-disorder clients show low motivation, poor follow-through, and inordinate premature dropout rates in treatment. To date, little research has been conducted that might provide clinicians with an understanding of the critical factors that may aid clients' recovery. Such factors may be used by clinicians to better motivate clients to collaborate in treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify some of the critical factors that women with eating disorders believed were crucial in prompting or facilitating their recovery. Identification of these factors was accomplished through a systematic content analysis of semistructured interviews with recovered or recovering bulimics and anorexics. …