‘In an otherwise limitless world, I was sure of my limit.’† Experiencing Anorexia Nervosa: A phenomenological metasynthesis

ABSTRACT: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality rate of the mental disorders, with still less than 50% of affected individuals achieving recovery. Recent calls to bring innovative, empirical research strategies to the understanding of illness and its core psychopathological features highlight the need to address significant paucity of efficacious treatment. The current study brings a phenomenological approach to this challenge, synthesizing lived experience phenomena as described by qualitative literature. Fifty-three studies published between the years 1998 and 2021 comprising a total of 1557 participants aged 12–66 suffering from AN or sub-threshold AN are included. Reciprocal and refutational analysis generated six key third-order constructs: “emotion experienced as overwhelming,” “iden

SUBMITTER: Bryant E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature