“I thought if my parents got involved, then they'd make me get better”: emerging adults’ experiences of support from family and friends during anorexia nervosa

Rachel Potterton; Gary Brown; Ulrike Schmidt

doi:10.1186/s40337-025-01260-8

“I thought if my parents got involved, then they'd make me get better”: emerging adults’ experiences of support from family and friends during anorexia nervosa

Rachel Potterton
, Gary Brown
, Ulrike Schmidt

Department of Psychology

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Original language	English
Article number	80
Journal	Journal of Eating Disorders
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01260-8
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2025

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