"It's like building a new person": lived experience perspectives on eating disorder recovery processes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deeply engaging with the expertise of those who have experienced or supported someone with an eating disorder can add to a growing body of knowledge about recovery processes. In this qualitative study, we sought to explore and generate nuanced understandings of recovery experiences of people with a lived ED experience (first hand or as a caregiver) who were working as mentors in the field. To do this, we focused on changes that occur in personality, traits, and interests over the course of an eating disorder and into recovery.

Method

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 people with an eating disorder history, either through personal lived experience (n = 14) or as a caregiver of a loved one with an eating disorder (n = 13). We undertook a reflexive them

SUBMITTER: LaMarre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11232212 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature