Interdisciplinary team for the treatment of eating disorders.
Eating disorders are pathologies with a complex, multifactorial etiopathogenesis. Their treatment requires an interdisciplinary team. This paper discusses some characteristics and the most common difficulties encountered by such a team (multiple transfers, concealed alliances, role inversion, dissociation). Since their task that is carried out with patients in a critical situation and conflicting families, the team members are exposed to stressing conditions (illustrated by their dreams), and faced with possibilities of withdrawal and/or burn-out.
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Service of Psychiatry, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration