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Narrative therapy as an innovative approach to anorexia nervosa treatment: a literature review
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Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by a morbid fear of
gaining weight, excessive restriction of food and intense and
exaggerated practice of physical exercise. There are two subtypes
of anorexia: restrictive and purgative. Its prevalence is mainly in
female adolescents aged 15 to 19 and entails multiple harmful
physical, psychological, social, and emotional consequences.
Anorexia is portrayed as a multifactorial disorder, requiring a
biopsychosocial perspective and a multidisciplinary intervention
to address all the affected areas of the individual. In this article,
we approach the appliance of Narrative Therapy by White and
Epston ((1989). Literate Means to Therapeutic Ends. Dulwich
Centre Publications), which advocates that the psychotherapeutic
treatment can be carried out together – psychologist, client and
family – with the literature supporting it. Anorexia is an
egosyntonic disorder associated with a high mortality rate. It
should be noted that the cure for anorexia is not granted since
there is an increased number of relapses and treatment dropouts.
For this reason, an innovative approach like narrative therapy can
be approached with promising results.
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Eating disorder Anorexia Adolescence Body image Narrative therapy Multidisciplinary intervention . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
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Informa UK Limited