Zhang Qiu Yuan, Wang Hong Yi, Liu Yan Hong, Yan Hui
Education and Science Department, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, China.
Humanistic Management Department, Hebei Chinese Medicine University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2025 Aug 19;16:1595758. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595758. eCollection 2025.
Caregivers is a crucial factor in recovery and psychological intervention of individuals with eating disorders which are often-overlooked. This study explores the role of integrative therapy in promoting the psychological development of the mother of a daughter with bulimia nervosa, improving family structure, and facilitating the patient's recovery. A 43-month, 54-session intervention was conducted with the mother of a woman with eating disorder using an integrative therapy approach primarily based on Bowen family systems therapy, drawing, and narrative therapy. The mother demonstrated improvements in emotional expressiveness, psychological distress, caregiving burden, and family structure, while her daughter experienced a reduction in eating disorder symptoms, improvement in the mother-daughter relationship, and restoration of social functioning, enabling the establishment of personal intimate relationships. In this context, the therapeutic value of integrative therapy deserves further attention. Meanwhile, the issue of mental health management is also reflected in this paper.
照顾者是饮食失调患者康复和心理干预中的一个关键因素，但常常被忽视。本研究探讨了综合疗法在促进神经性贪食症女儿的母亲的心理发展、改善家庭结构以及促进患者康复方面的作用。采用主要基于鲍恩家庭系统疗法、绘画和叙事疗法的综合疗法，对一名饮食失调女性的母亲进行了为期43个月、共54次的干预。母亲在情绪表达、心理困扰、照顾负担和家庭结构方面都有改善，而她的女儿饮食失调症状减轻，母女关系改善，社会功能恢复，能够建立个人亲密关系。在此背景下，综合疗法的治疗价值值得进一步关注。同时，本文也反映了心理健康管理问题。
