Parental experiences with their child's eating disorder treatment journey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents are integral in the treatment of pediatric eating disorders. The current study was conducted to further understand the barriers and facilitators that parents experience in accessing specialized, tertiary level eating disorder treatment for children and adolescents. The goals of the study were to understand the processes leading to diagnosis and treatment, perceived barriers and facilitators to accessing care, and parents' experiences over the course of their child's eating disorder treatment.

Methods

Ten parents whose children were admitted to a Canadian tertiary level specialized pediatric eating disorders program took part in an exit interview upon their child's completion of treatment in the program. In-depth semi-structured interviews were combined wit

SUBMITTER: Coelho JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314586 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature