Anorexia nervosa is the psychiatric disorder with the highest mortality rate. Anorexic patients admitted to inpatient eating disorder units are often critically unwell in both their physical and mental health. Underpinning working with these patients is a real feeling that they are close to death. Staff, and particularly nurses, in eating disorder units may find working with anorexic patients extremely challenging. It has been documented that working with such patients can give rise to strong and difficult to process countertransference feelings and reactions. The authors of this paper introduced a Balint group for the staff on an eating disorder inpatient ward to provide a space for the team to reflect on the work. This paper reports on the experience of running this Balint group and describes the themes that gradually emerged. These are then discussed and related to the nature of the disorder and the particular challenges of working with this inpatient population.

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通灵空间。Balint小组中有关饮食失调住院病人的主题出现

神经性厌食症是死亡率最高的精神病。住院饮食失调症病房的厌食症患者的身体和心理健康通常都极为严重。与这些患者合作的基础是他们即将死亡的真实感觉。饮食失调科的工作人员，尤其是护士，可能会发现厌食症患者的工作极具挑战性。有文献证明，与这类患者共事会引起强烈而难以处理的反移情和反应。本文的作者介绍了一个Balint小组，该小组为工作人员在饮食失调住院病房提供了一个空间，让团队可以对工作进行反思。本文报告了运行Balint小组的经验，并描述了逐渐出现的主题。