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dc.contributor.authorHay, Phillipa
dc.contributor.authorDarby, Anita
dc.contributor.authorMond, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:12:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2014-06-19T22:40:50Z
dc.identifier.issn10689583
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10880-007-9057-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/60613
dc.description.abstractPoor Mental Health Literacy (MHL), i.e. knowledge and beliefs about bulimia nervosa (BN), among health professionals may contribute to low rates of recognition and less optimal management. The aim of this study was to investigate the BN-MHL of health professionals. A total of 534 professionals selected randomly from Internet based lists were surveyed with a MHL questionnaire regarding a fictional vignette of a woman with BN. One hundred and thirty-six dieticians, 68 psychologists and 97 counselors, total 56% (n = 301) responded. The majority of respondents indicated the woman in the vignette suffered from BN (49%) or an eating disorder (20%) and endorsed evidenced based approaches. On post hoc between group analyses there was a trend (p = .02) for dieticians and psychologists to be more likely than counselors to accurately identify the diagnosis of BN. Dieticians and psychologists were also more likely than counselors to endorse a psychologist as the most helpful treatment provider (p<.001) and to be more likely to endorse cognitive behavioral therapy as the most helpful treatment (p<.001). These results indicate a need for greater training and support for non specialist primary care health professionals.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom59
dc.relation.ispartofpageto68
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleKnowledge and Beliefs about Bulimia Nervosa and its Treatment: A Comparative Study of Three Disciplines
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStar, Anita


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