An Integrated Feminist Approach to Disordered Eating Intervention in a University Campus Outpatient Setting

The incidence of clinically diagnosable eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent and college age adults. Contemporary research suggests that a complexity of factors contribute to eating disorders in women ranging from physiological and biogenetic to socio-cultural and family-based facto...

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Published in:Journal of feminist family therapy 2010-01, Vol.22 (1), p.43-56
Main Authors: Carolan, Marsha, Bak, Jennifer, Hoppe-Rooney, Tianna, Burns-Jager, Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Behavior modification
campus outpatient
College Students
disordered eating
Eating Disorders
Families & family life
family therapy
Feminism
Feminists
feminst
Heterosexuality
integrated
Intervention
Lesbianism
Lesbians
Postgraduate students
Risk factors
Sociocultural Factors
Therapists
Transsexuality
Women
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Summary:The incidence of clinically diagnosable eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent and college age adults. Contemporary research suggests that a complexity of factors contribute to eating disorders in women ranging from physiological and biogenetic to socio-cultural and family-based factors. This paper focuses on an intervention program that was developed for women, by feminist family therapists, in an outpatient campus setting. Clients were 30 undergraduate or graduate female students, ranging in age from 18-30. The majority of clients were heterosexual and Caucasian, 20% of the clients were women of color and women who identified as lesbian or in one case, transgendered. An integrated intervention approach coalescing around feminist principles is described and illustrated using a case study.
ISSN:0895-2833
1540-4099
DOI:10.1080/08952830903453612