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Recovery from Disordered Eating: Sufferers' and Clinicians' Perspectives
Author(s) -
Emanuelli Francesca,
Waller Glenn,
JonesChester Matthew,
Ostuzzi Roberto
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.2159
Subject(s) - psychology , eating disorders , viewpoints , checklist , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , cognitive psychology , art , visual arts
Objective Disagreement exists on how to define recovery from eating disorders. Definitions typically include a combination of physical, cognitive, emotional, psychological and social factors. However, none provides multidimensional recovery models, addressing and comparing sufferers' 1 and clinicians' viewpoints. This study investigates those recovery perspectives. Method Two‐hundred and thirty‐eight participants (individuals with eating difficulties and clinicians working in the field) completed a checklist, rating the importance of somatic, psychological, emotional, social, eating‐related and body experience‐related recovery criteria. Results Recovery criteria fell into meaningful factors (psychological–emotional–social, weight‐controlling behaviours, non‐life‐threatening and life‐threatening features and evaluation of one's own appearance). Sufferers and clinicians agreed on the ranking of importance of these factors. However, sufferers considered ‘psychological–emotional–social’ and ‘evaluation of one's own appearance’ criteria as more important to recovery than clinicians. Discussion Findings are discussed in relation to existing research, together with study limitations and future research. Clinical implications are outlined, focusing on the facilitation of recovery. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.