Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others
Plain English Summary Collaborative care involves showing curiosity and concern for patients’ wellbeing regardless of their adherence to treatment, providing choices, and supporting the patient in deciding what is best for them. Although collaborative care has been shown to contribute to better trea...
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| author | Josie Geller Avarna Fernandes Allison C. Kelly Lindsay Samson Suja Srikameswaran |
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| description | Plain English Summary Collaborative care involves showing curiosity and concern for patients’ wellbeing regardless of their adherence to treatment, providing choices, and supporting the patient in deciding what is best for them. Although collaborative care has been shown to contribute to better treatment outcomes than directive care, it is common for clinicians to be directive, resulting in negative attitudes toward treatment and lower levels of adherence. A factor that may contribute to the care clinicians provide is their experience of distress and how they respond to their own and others’ distress in times of difficulty. In this study, self-compassion and compassion for others were associated with greater use of collaborative care, with compassion for others being the stronger predictor. Clinicians’ own experience of distress was not related to the manner in which they offered support. Fostering compassion in clinical environments could support the delivery of collaborative care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-228c03fde7574683ab21c035a7eccff62023-04-09T11:06:03ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742023-04-011111710.1186/s40337-023-00741-yCollaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for othersJosie Geller0Avarna Fernandes1Allison C. Kelly2Lindsay Samson3Suja Srikameswaran4St. Paul’s Hospital Eating Disorders ProgramSt. Paul’s Hospital Eating Disorders ProgramDepartment of Psychology, University of WaterlooDepartment of Psychology, York UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British ColumbiaPlain English Summary Collaborative care involves showing curiosity and concern for patients’ wellbeing regardless of their adherence to treatment, providing choices, and supporting the patient in deciding what is best for them. Although collaborative care has been shown to contribute to better treatment outcomes than directive care, it is common for clinicians to be directive, resulting in negative attitudes toward treatment and lower levels of adherence. A factor that may contribute to the care clinicians provide is their experience of distress and how they respond to their own and others’ distress in times of difficulty. In this study, self-compassion and compassion for others were associated with greater use of collaborative care, with compassion for others being the stronger predictor. Clinicians’ own experience of distress was not related to the manner in which they offered support. Fostering compassion in clinical environments could support the delivery of collaborative care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00741-yCollaborative careCompassionSelf-compassionEating disordersClinicians |
| spellingShingle | Josie Geller Avarna Fernandes Allison C. Kelly Lindsay Samson Suja Srikameswaran Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others Journal of Eating Disorders Collaborative care Compassion Self-compassion Eating disorders Clinicians |
| title | Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others |
| title_full | Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others |
| title_short | Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others |
| title_sort | collaborative care in eating disorders treatment exploring the role of clinician distress self compassion and compassion for others |
| topic | Collaborative care Compassion Self-compassion Eating disorders Clinicians |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00741-y |
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