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Disordered Society: Women in Eating Disorder Recovery Advise Policymakers on Change.

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Abstract
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This qualitative study draws on a photo-elicitation method ("PhotoVoice") and semi-structured interviews to examine the key areas stakeholders (30 young women between the ages of 18 and 35 in eating disorder recovery) identify as meaningful venues of policy-based change. Photography and the accompanying narratives capturing personally-meaningful social, cultural, and systemic influences on recovery were shared with the research team. Photographs and interviews were examined for policy implications using thematic analysis, and six areas of improvement emerged: media, healthcare practice and access, health insurance reform, education, objectification of the female body, and mental health stigma. Implications for reform are discussed.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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Administration and policy in mental health
Volume
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46
Issue
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2
Number of Pages
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175-187
ISSN Number
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0894-587X
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0903-9
DOI
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10.1007/s10488-018-0903-9
Short Title
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Adm Policy Ment Health
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