Individers erfarenheter av återhämtning vid ätstörning

Sammanfattning: Background: Two hundred thousand individuals suffer from eating disorders at some point in their lives, but the hidden statistics are large as many of the victims never seek care. Eating disorders are a public health problem and a group of diseases that are psychiatric where the focus is on food intake and body. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe individuals´ experience of recovery from an eating disorder. Method: A description of a literature study of 10 scientific articles with a qualitative approach. Only the Pubmed database was used to search for articles. A thematic analysis method was used to analyze the articles. Mainresult: The results presented two main themes: Understanding the disease and Breaking patterns. Under the theme Understanding the disease, two sub-themes were presented: insight and challenging one's identity. Under the theme Breaking patterns, three sub-themes were presented: strategies, shifting focus and experiencing change. The results report that recovery is an individual process whose definition can be experienced differently from individual to individual. Conclusion: The results of this study was to show that a recovery process looks different for all individuals, and as a nurse it is important to have an understanding of this and be able to respond to individuals in different ways and based on their needs. The results show how individuals with an eating disorder, with various aids, have either gone through the recovery process or are in it now. Then finding strategies to break patterns and experience change has proven to be very helpful in achieving recovery and eventually getting rid of an eating disorder. Keywords: Experience, Individuals, Recovery, Eating disorder