A piece of a puzzle-Patient and psychologist experiences of the Affect School as additional treatment in a Swedish eating disorder unit

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e0271902
• Main Authors: Petersson, Suzanne, Wåhlin, Ingrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.07.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care Facilities; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Eating disorders; Emotion regulation; Emotional regulation; Emotions; Emotions - physiology; Feeding and Eating Disorders - therapy; Health aspects; Humans; Intervention; Interviews; Medical diagnosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Pain; Participation; Patients; People and Places; Psychologists; Psychology; Psychophysiologic disorders; Psychotherapy; Psykologi; Schools; Social Sciences; Sweden; Sweden; personal experience; Humans; Article; job experience; Sweden; awareness; clinical article; school; Swedish citizen; female; human; psychologist; Schools; thematic analysis; physiology; outpatient department; Emotions; randomized controlled trial; Feeding and Eating Disorders; eating disorder; emotion; controlled study; Ambulatory Care Facilities; adult; interview

Emotion dysregulation has been shown to be a transdiagnostic characteristic of eating disorders. The Affect School aims to enhance emotional awareness and the ability to perceive and express emotions. This study was conducted as part of an RCT where patients with various eating disorders were random...