Treatment and Management of Eating Disorder (Anorexia Nervosa) Report

This report examines the treatment and management of Anorexia Nervosa, addressing research questions such as the possibility of true recovery and the organization of treatment within the healthcare system. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, including internet-based data collection from blogs, semi-structured interviews, and the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE). The study investigates factors contributing to recovery from various perspectives, including the experiences of individuals with eating disorders. Data analysis utilizes grounded theory and thematic analysis to identify core themes and their relationship to broader literature. The report also discusses ethical considerations, including participant rights, potential impacts of the research, and support provided to participants. The research aims to shed light on the complexities of eating disorders and contribute to a more analytical understanding of recovery, offering insights into treatment strategies and opportunities for influencing others.

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Treatment and management of eating disorder (anorexia nervosa)
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Aims and research questions
Is it possible for an individual who has eating disorder to recover truly? There is need to have a
clear sense of what true recovery look like, before highlighting the aim of this research (Atiye,
Miettunen & Raevuori, 2015). The researchers have repeatedly bemoan the lack of the
consensus in regards to what has constituted to the recovery from eating disorder.
Given the enigmas of eating disorders the paradoxes of the recovery, where eating disorder could
have diffuse or unclear starting points and the end points, one could suspect that the eating
disorders have low status as compared to the other illness, and that the eating disorders patients
are inadequately detected and treated as a result of the organization of treatment services. If this
is the case, this could represent poor conditions for the recovery of the patients (Cheney, Sullivan
& Grubbs, 2018). To study these aspects is the secondary aim of this thesis. The aim of the
research is to determine aspect of recovery of eating disorders from the various perspectives.
Research questions
 How the treatment of the eating disorders organized in the health care system?
 Which are the factors that eating disorders sufferers identify as the contributing to their
recovery?
 How are the eating disorders in the prestige related to the other somatic and the mental
illness.
Details of the Methods to be used
Data collection took place over the internet from the individuals who have blogs ranging from
age nineteen to fifty (Joy, Kussman & Nattiv, 2016). The criteria used in the recruitment include
women who are age of 16 years of age and they should have not seen a health professional to

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eating disorders and are not given eating disorder diagnosis (Mehler & Andersen, 2017). There
were posters which were placed on the blogs which had questions for example have you been
constantly considering your food as well as your weight? And do you enjoy the feeling of
avoiding eating or excessive exercising? There was clearly privacy in the recruitment that was
involved as a result of the social stigma which is related to the eating disorders along with the
nature of this research seeking the participants who needed not disclosed previously in relation to
their eating habits (Griffiths, Mond, Murray, Thornton & Touyz, 2015). This hence, permitted
the potential participant in looking for the information on the study privately via emailing or
perhaps phoning.
Study design
Through a mix of the various approaches method which include the psychological evaluation,
this study highlighted examining the framework of eating issues with the intent behind
developing approaches for the early involvement of the condition. In using the multidisciplinary
technique to this study, the author re-examined on the experience of eating issues not from the
clinical or perhaps the tertiary viewpoint, but rather from the mixed technique of strategy which
has been framed on the sociocultural viewpoint (Walsh, 2008). Nevertheless, this strategy lend to
the questioning of taken for the granted ideas for instance, illness, health, eating in addition to
the recovery, and not providing a platform to check out how these aspect are constituted
culturally, but at the same time offering a frame-work to the questioning of the numerous
categories which underpin on the therapeutic understanding on the aspect of care and recovery.
Data collected
The data collection usually began with the pilot who incorporated with several people who
partook in a minimum of semi-structured interviews, eating disorder assessment along with the

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diary writing phase (Walsh, 2008). The pilot interview offered the author the possibility to
decide on the schedule of the interview and concurrently and search for the feedback, adjusting
on the study design wherein feasible.
Based on the pilot facet of the study the team deduced that the appropriate order in undertaking
the interview was to commence with the semi-structured interview at first meeting .There was
also administration of the EDE so as to ascertain if the participant of the study could fit o the
diagnostic criteria for the eating disorder (Eshkevari, Rieger, Longo, Haggard & Treasure, 2014).
The EDE was very significant in order to examine precisely how the participant responded to
such particular evaluations and at the same time give them the resources as well as the services
(Walsh, 2008). In additional to this the recruitment with this specific research could be slow
several of the participants were non-responsive. You will discover some who stopped to respond
in the interview. There was clearly also a problem to make an effort to locate the population
which would not determine as having problems that faces the social stigma, and reluctant to
come forward and utilize with the services (Walsh, 2008). The recruitment data collection
processes demonstrated concerns of the convenience together with the privacy with a difficult to
reach group. There have been notes that were leased out particularly during and after interviews
because they were essential to the collection of the data since they captured on the issues which
were highlighted during the research.
Since the aspect of disorder eating has been associated with the secrecy as well as shame, the
participants were offered the opportunity in engaging to the dairy writing phase for a period of
eight weeks in which they wrote each day moment, activities as well as events which were in
support to their disorder eating habits, fears, desires as well as pleasure around the food and their
body (Walsh, 2008).

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Details of the internet search terms
In this research study it will use the participants from the internet blogs. The internet blogs
should have research in regards to the eating disorders. Additionally, the research would employ
the journal blogs or even the website that contains the research study based on the eating
disorder. This data would be used on the basis to analyze further research and find the research
gap which the researchers left out and in this research be able to put these aspects into
prospective analysis (Bardone‐Cone, Butler, Balk & Koller , 2016 ). The research does not allow
materials from the YouTube or any video. Moreover, the blogs should be authentic and the
information. the terms on the research will comprise on the things related to the eating disorders
such as the effects of the eating disorders, consequences of eating disorders on our bodies. The
data should be relevant to the research study on eating disorders and the recovery process.
Hypotheses
There are various hypotheses which have been drawn from the research and testing has been
undertaken these are as follows;
 H1: The eating disorders in the prestige is related to the other somatic and the mental
illness
H2: Eating disorders is organized in the health care system.
Data analysis
The principles of the grounded theory supervised the research techniques, that was along with
the thematic ways of the data collection along with analysis (Bardone‐Cone, Butler, Balk &
Koller , 2016 ) . The entire interview was transcribed efficiently and notes were written up for
the entire interview. The stage of the data analysis entailed producing a comparison across data
to ensure that the final stage for the exclusive coding could possibly occur. The facet of the

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selective coding entailed taking of the core themes and simultaneously positioning these types of
as the key theoretical framework for the analysis as well as analyzing crucial their concordance
to the broader literature (Kimmel, Ferguson, Zerwas, Bulik & Meltzer‐Brody, 2016).
Benefits of the research
 In this research it has allowed me to research a topic which is significant to know in
today’s, world and this has enabled me to shed stereotypes in my mind in regards to the
eating disorders and as well as stereotypes in the minds of the others (McNamara &
Parsons, 2016).
 This research has enabled me to look at this aspect of recovery from the eating disorder
from a more analytical outlook and see the myriad research opportunities in each day life.
 Through this research, it has been possible to apply to what you already know to the new
issues and the opportunities to influence others.
Participants’ objections to participate are recognized and respected
In case the participant object to participate should be recognized and respected by the
investigator through various ways. The researcher should make an effort that the participants
know their rights to withdraw anytime (Robinson, Dolhanty & Greenberg, 2015). When testing
the participant, prevention to testing situation might be taken as the evidence of the failure to
permit the procedure and this have to be recognized.
In case wherein the research might involve experience which the participants might research as
personal the participants must be protected from the stress by all the suitable measure which
include the assurance which solutions to the personal questions which need not to be given.
There need to be no concealment whenever one is looking for information that could impinge on
their privacy (Robinson, Dolhanty & Greenberg, 2015). Furthermore, the researcher ought to

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respect the decision of people who wish not to participate in the research and I case wherein
research procedures lead to the undesirable consequences for the participant the investigators
need to have the responsibility to detect and at the same time remove or correct on these
consequences.
Impact of change that will result from the participants/ organization/researchers
The interaction between the researchers and the participants could be ethically challenging from
the former, since they are involved personally in the various stages f the study. Changes made
within the research will have some impact to the participant in such as concealment of important
information (Kimmel, Ferguson, Zerwas, Bulik & Meltzer‐Brody, 2016). The participant might
hide some information which could be crucial to the research. On the part of the organization any
changes made could cost it more (Joy, Kussman & Nattiv, 2016). Changes could be made on
increase on the sample size which in its effect could extra money for the participants. On the part
of the researcher, the work load could increase which forces them to take more days to complete
the research.
Support to the participants
The research may support the participant in various ways in the research study. One way would
be through providing financial stipend when they get involved in the research. To motivate
individuals to provide information willingly they could be offered some money (Robinson,
Dolhanty & Greenberg, 2015). Another way would be offer some advice if this form of intrinsic
section of studies have not already been agreed ahead of time (Mehler & Andersen, 2017). The
research may also entail behavior or perhaps experiences which the participant might think about
the personal and private they must be protected from any specific stress by all measures
including the assurance that the answers to the personal questions need to be provided.

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Is pain, a change of mood or more than mild discomfort likely to result from the study?
The aspect of pain is a change in the mood. The induced mood usually results in significant
higher pain rating while resting and the lower pain tolerance , while at the same time the induced
happy mood derive from the lower pain rating at rest and greater pain tolerance (Wade, O’Shea
& Shafran, 2016). There is a correlation between change in pain response and the mood.
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