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Should I ask about eating? Patients' disclosure of eating disorder symptoms and help-seeking behaviour
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Gilbert, Nicola, Arcelus, Jon, Cashmore, Rebecca, Thompson, Barbara, Langham, Chris and Meyer, Caroline (2012) Should I ask about eating? Patients' disclosure of eating disorder symptoms and help-seeking behaviour. European Eating Disorders Review, 20 (1). pp. 80-85. doi:10.1002/erv.1143
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.1143
Abstract
Objective
To retrospectively explore the first disclosure of eating problems and the impact of disclosure factors on subsequent help-seeking amongst women with eating disorders.
Method
Seventy-one eating disorder service users were interviewed using the newly developed Eating Disorder Disclosure Interview and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire.
Results
Faster access to specialist services was associated with being older at first disclosure and with disclosures that involved either a general practitioner, an individual's partner or mother. Patients' appraisals of ‘other-initiated’ and ‘volunteered’ disclosures did not differ, although ‘other-initiated’ disclosures were younger and accessed help more quickly than those who ‘volunteered’. The more positively ‘other-initiated’ disclosures were appraised, the quicker the subsequent help-seeking.
Conclusion
The findings indicate that initiating a disclosure might lead to earlier access to treatment for individuals with eating disorders. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Eating Disorders Review | ||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1072-4133 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 80-85 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/erv.1143 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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