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Aim:In this study, women were interviewed about their experiences of recovering from an Eating disorder - The aim has been to investigate the factors that contributed to recovery and with guidance of these factors, find factors that can be used in a preventive intervention.Method: A qualitative approach was used to design and conduct interviews, the design of the study was descriptive and a semistructured interview was used. The local affiliation of The Swedish Eating disorder Association was contacted and provided contact with 10 women who participated in the interview. To participate in the study the women had to be recovered from their Eating disorder for at least two years. The women who patricipated in the study were between 22 and 36 years old and had been recovered for 2- 16 years. Data were analyzed and coded then categories with similar themes about the factors that were important for recovery wad etablished.

The purpose of this literature review was to find common factors for the persons who predispose to Eating disorders. These factors shall help the nurse to recognise early signs of Eating disorder behaviors. The literature review is directed to the nurse and will answer the issue: Which groups in the community run the risk of developing Eating disorders? Furthermore, this knowledge shall lead to a better understanding of persons having Eating disorders and be used as an aid in his/her encounter with these patients. The method was a literature review based on eight scientific articles, which were interpreted on the basis of the competence of the nurse.

The title is a quote from a blog entry written by the Swedish journalist Linus Fremin. For many years Fremin suffered from bulimia and he claims that men for a long time have been excluded from medias coverage of Eating disorders.We wanted to try this thesis and decided to do a quantitative study of articles published in two Swedish newspapers, Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter, regarding Eating disorders during the period 20101129-20121129. We studied 199 articles and counted the occurrence of men and women in the texts.Our study showed that women were represented in a majority of the articles, whereas the men were clearly much more absent. In most of the articles Eating disorders were described as a female issue and men were rarely included. It?s difficult to say how the ideal division of men and women in media?s coverage of Eating disorders should look like.

This is a qualitative study which purpose is to examine the experiences of the recovery process after a treatment for Eating disorders.                                                         The questions we have decided to examine are; how did the women adapt to a healthier life after treatment, what are the women's perceived experiences of the aspects related to identity and identity work, and what external social influence was seen as important for their adjustment process to a healthier life?Methods: We have used computer-supported and semi-structured interviews. There were a total of nine women who took part in the study.                                                                                                                    Results: Majority of these women have been recovered from their Eating disorders, but some still have major or minor problems. They found it rather difficult to adjust their life's without an Eating disorder.Conclusions: Increased self-awarness led to greater control over the Eating disorder. The women could begin to confer the new features that they identified with.

This is a qualitative study which purpose is to examine the experiences of the recovery process after a treatment for Eating disorders.                                                         The questions we have decided to examine are; how did the women adapt to a healthier life after treatment, what are the women's perceived experiences of the aspects related to identity and identity work, and what external social influence was seen as important for their adjustment process to a healthier life?Methods: We have used computer-supported and semi-structured interviews. There were a total of nine women who took part in the study.                                                                                                                    Results: Majority of these women have been recovered from their Eating disorders, but some still have major or minor problems. They found it rather difficult to adjust their life's without an Eating disorder.Conclusions: Increased self-awarness led to greater control over the Eating disorder. The women could begin to confer the new features that they identified with.

The aim of this study is to analyze how individuals experience their Eating disorder, the focus being if anorexia may be perceived as a secure safe zone in the new modern world. The aim is to examine if individuals affected with anorexia nervosa understand the disorder as a solution to the modern worlds changes and the new individual freedom that it entails. This will be analyzed with the help of terms in Erich Fromms theories about escape mechanisms and Catarina Kinnvalls theories about the modern worlds ontological insecurity.The study is based on data collected from four informants of different ages and gender. The interviews were conducted through email and informants were chosen based on a strategic selection and snowball sampling. For the analysis of the empirical material Fromms escape mechanisms (authoritarianism, destructiveness and automaton conformity) and Kinnvalls theories of identity in the modern world have been used.The results of the analysis show that the Eating disorder has a great significance for the individual construction and maintenance of identity and that the Eating disorder becomes a safe zone to retreat to in a world of performance anxiety.

The purpose of the present essay, as part of the project Self esteem and Life circumstances among teenagers, was to investigate the rate of both deliberate self-harm (DSH) and risk behaviour related to Eating disorders in 14-year-old swedish adolescents, gender differences in DSH, and possible correlations between DSH and risk behaviours related to Eating disorder. In addition, the effects of expressive writing (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) on DSH and risk behaviours related to Eating disorders were investigated. Data from two pilot studies are included. In total, 198 14-year-olds from four different schools in southern Sweden participated. For the purpose of measuring the rate of DSH, a simplified version of Gratz's (2001) Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI) was used.

Kognitiv Beteende Terapi (KBT) är förstahandsval vid rehabilitering av Bulimia Nervosa (BN) och har visat gott resultat vid rehabilitering av Binge Eating disorder (BED). För dessa patienter är störd kroppsuppfattning en stor del av problematiken. Rörelse utgör traditionellt kärnan i ämnet sjukgymnastik. Genom att vidga begreppet rörelse kan man hitta två perspektiv. Dels det traditionella sättet att se rörelse som ett resultat av kroppsliga processer, dels genom att se rörelse som ett beteende.

The present work has been implemented as a literature study aimed to investigate the prevalence, possibly causes and consequences of an Eating disorder. In today's modern society individuals are living with a constant reminder from the media about how a person should look and act to blend into the social norms and expectations of the modern society. This literature review has been analysed on the basis of concepts such as identity, gender identity and gender. In addition previous research has been analysed in terms of themes, history, possible causes/risk factors, media, body image and control, depression, shame and guilt as well as culture. The above themes were analysed on the basis of behaviouristic theory and role theory.

There are several possibilities for those with an Eating disorder, who wishes to get treatment and recover to get help and support. But for those who are not ready to recover, there are not any help to receive. Pro-ana is a youth culture where individuals who want to achieve the anorectic ideal help and support each other. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyse the content and the need for the Pro-ana community on Internet, among young people with Eating disorders. More specifically the aim was to find out how young Swedish people uses the Pro-ana communities on Internet.

The background of the study consists of the fact that knowledge about how Eating disorders are developed and maintained is extensive. Socio-cultural factors and media influence when developing an Eating disorder is of significance. When reviewing literature and previous research, knowledge about practical attainments when treating Eating disorders are insufficient. The aim of the study was therefore to examine how staff who treats Eating disordered patients think about body ideals, strive for success and media influence in treatment and rehabilitation. The theory consists of Foucault?s theory of power, how beauty ideals are dependent of the cultural context in which we live and what qualities are associated with beauty and body ideals.

I större städer är det vanligare med stress, oro och ångest. Av den anledningen fanns det skäl att tro att individer i storstäder skiljde sig från individer på landsbygden även gällande annan psykisk ohälsa. Studiens syfte var att undersöka om det fanns någon skillnad i ungdomars självrapporterade ätbeteende respektive kroppsuppfattning beroende på urbanisationsgrad, kön och BMI. Deltagarna i undersökningen var 140 gymnasieelever indelade i två grupper, storstad och tätort, utifrån urbanisationsgrad. Undersökningsmaterialet bestod främst av The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), några frågor från Eating disorder Inventory-2 samt Figure Rating Scale.

The aim of this study is to create a deeper understanding of the disease known as Eating disorder. The study is based on four autobiographies written by individuals who themselves have been affected by Eating disorders. These stories have been studied using a narrative approach. To achieve the purpose, the study is focused on what participants describe as the factors underlying the onset of the disease, the factors that participants describe maintained their Eating disorders, as well as what is described to be the factors responsible for their recovery. By my interpretation of the stories, I have been able to identify common factors that all participants describe to be influential in their disease course.

The main purpose of this paper was to attempt to explain and to understand the causes of various types of Eating disorders.The intention of the essay was to examine who are the different parties acting in this particular field that through research or other kinds of work, come to meet individuals that suffer from some kind of Eating disorder. The aim was to explore the different concepts used within this specific field, and what main theories and viewpoints that exist within it.The methods used in the study were two. The essay was based mainly on a literature review, and in order to further highlight the different perspectives a number of qualitative interviews were conducted in addition to this. These methods aimed to give an overview of the different perspectives and standpoints that exist within the field of Eating disorders.The conclusions drawn in this study were several. The results showed a relative consensus regarding the main causes for developing Eating disorders.