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Control of Eating Behavior Using a Novel Feedback System
Published on: May 8, 2018
[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.
Abstract:
Therapeutic touch body care in the management of eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, aims to deepen the relationship of trust and the therapeutic alliance. Nursing research and the development of clinical nursing care, with nursing diagnoses as a support, have made it possible to provide new responses adapted to the patient's needs. This reassuring helping relationship favors the work around the patient's psychic and physical perceptions. The notion of the gender of the caregiver in the body approach care is a dimension to be taken into consideration.
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