An examination of the impact of the Maudsley Collaborative Care skills training workshops on patients with anorexia nervosa: A qualitative study

Purpose The objective of this study was to examine the experience of adult inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) whose carers had taken part in the Collaborative Care skills training workshops. Workshops were offered to carers of someone with an eating disorder (ED) to address carer distress and pro...

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Published in:European eating disorders review 2011-03, Vol.19 (2), p.150-161
Main Authors: Goddard, Elizabeth, Macdonald, Pamela, Treasure, Janet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Analysis
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa - therapy
Attitude to Health
Attitudes
Behavior modification
Caregivers - education
Caregivers - psychology
carers
Cooperative Behavior
Eating disorders
Emotional disorders
Evaluation
Experience
family intervention
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
interpretative phenomenological analysis
Male
Objectives
Patients
Perception
Perceptions
Qualitative Research
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Surveys and Questionnaires
Training
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The objective of this study was to examine the experience of adult inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) whose carers had taken part in the Collaborative Care skills training workshops. Workshops were offered to carers of someone with an eating disorder (ED) to address carer distress and proposed interpersonal maintaining factors. Method Semi‐structured interviews were conducted probing the sufferer's perception of the workshops, their experience of their carers attending the workshops and any associated behaviour change. Results Qualitative data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Key findings suggest that patients hold positive attitudes towards involving carers in their care and that the skills training approach can have positive effects for AN adult inpatients. Positive effects are congruent with workshop aims supporting fidelity of the skills based training. Negative effects and ideas for improvements were examined. Conclusion Involving carers in skills based Collaborative Care workshops based on an interpersonal maintenance model of EDs may be beneficial for adult inpatients with AN and future research is warranted to extend these findings. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
ISSN:1072-4133
1099-0968
1099-0968
DOI:10.1002/erv.1042