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[Body care in anorexia nervosa].
Nadine Satori1, Jean-Jacques Chardon1, Julia Clarke1
1Unité de soins des troubles du comportement alimentaire, service du Pr Phillip Gorwood, pôle clinique des maladies mentales et de l'encéphale, site Sainte-Anne, groupe hospitalier universitaire Paris Psychiatrie et neurosciences, 100 rue de la Santé, 75014Paris, France.
Soins. Psychiatrie
|June 23, 2022
Summary
Therapeutic touch body care enhances trust in managing anorexia nervosa. This nursing approach improves patient-centered care by addressing psychic and physical perceptions, considering caregiver gender dynamics.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
Background:
- Eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa, require specialized therapeutic approaches.
- Building a strong therapeutic alliance is crucial for effective patient management.
- Nursing care must adapt to evolving patient needs and perceptions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of therapeutic touch body care in managing eating disorders.
- To investigate how this approach deepens trust and the therapeutic alliance.
- To examine the impact on patients' psychic and physical perceptions.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing nursing research and clinical nursing care development.
- Employing nursing diagnoses to guide patient care strategies.
- Focusing on a reassuring, helping relationship centered on body care.
Main Results:
- Therapeutic touch body care fosters a deeper relationship of trust.
- This approach provides new responses adapted to patient needs.
- It facilitates work on patients' psychic and physical perceptions.
Conclusions:
- Therapeutic touch body care is a valuable intervention in managing eating disorders.
- Nursing care, supported by diagnoses, can effectively address patient needs.
- The caregiver's gender is an important consideration in body-centered care.
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