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Being and doing anorexia nervosa: An autoethnography of diagnostic identity and performance of illness
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | O’Connell, Lauren |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | This autoethnography examines my experience of the diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa. Drawing on memory and personal and medical documents relating to inpatient admissions in an adult specialist eating disorder unit, I narrate and analyse my experience in terms of my relationship to the diagnosis of anorexia and the constructions of it I encountered. I show how I came to value an identity based on anorexia and how I learned ways of ‘doing’ the diagnosis in treatment. This involved me valuing medical markers of illness, including signs of poor health, which became crucial to how I performed my diagnosis and retained the diagnostically-informed sense of self that I valued. I suggest that, ultimately, these diagnostic-dynamics, alongside other effects of long-term inpatient treatment such as detachment from ‘normal life’, prolonged my struggles with self-starvation. The insights from this autoethnography shed light on potential iatrogenic impacts of diagnosis and treatment for anorexia. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13634593211017190?download=true |
| Starting Page | 263 |
| Ending Page | 278 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| ISSN | 13634593 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 27 |
| Journal | Health (HEA) |
| e-ISSN | 14617196 |
| DOI | 10.1177/13634593211017190 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2021-05-27 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | eating disorder treatment autoethnography anorexia nervosa diagnostic identity iatrogenesis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health (social science) |
