Table 3 Narrative Synthesis: From onset to recovery
From: Exploring the effects of a family admissions program for adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Theme | Experience |
|---|---|
Progressive Intensification of AN | Quick escalation of symptoms |
Series of failed treatment attempts and/or hospital inpatient admissions | |
Unsuccessful engagement with FBT | |
Fracturing of the family unit | Parents differing in opinion on severity, nature and appropriate treatment of illness |
Family members each feel isolated | |
Family unit disconnected | |
Crisis point reached | AN reaches extreme level |
Family unit disconnected | |
Family at ‘rock-bottom’ | |
FAP accepted as last-resort option | |
Participation in FAP | Re-integration of family unit |
Positive experience overcoming AN | |
Insight and motivation to fight AN | |
Ongoing process of recovery | Re-engagement with FBT |
Ongoing process of improvement from AN, with periods of relapses and remissions |