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Study-specific questions examined participants\u2019 responses to the vignettes and ED knowledge and experience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0790966715000245_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 171 clinicians responded (9% response rate). Participants had an average of 15.8 years of clinical experience (\n                      <jats:sc>s.d.<\/jats:sc>\n                      =9.2) and included psychiatrists, GPs, psychologists and counsellors. Although participants\u2019 knowledge of EDs was moderately good overall, responses showed poor recognition of the symptoms of EDs compared with depression [\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (4,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =127)=20.17,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001]. Participants viewed EDs as chronic disorders that primarily affected females. Participants believed that clinicians like working with patients with depression and diabetes more than with AN patients [\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      (4,101)=5.11,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.001]. Among the professionals surveyed, psychiatrists were the most knowledgeable about EDs [\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      (4,82)=9.18,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001], and were more confident in their ability to diagnose and treat EDs than professionals of all other disciplines, except psychologists [\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      (4,85)=8.99,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001]. Psychiatrists were also the most pessimistic about ED patients\u2019 long-term life prospects [\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (4,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =65)=15.84,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.003].\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0790966715000245_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study recommends that specific attention should be given to EDs in professional educational programmes across healthcare disciplines. This training should not be restricted to improving healthcare professionals\u2019 knowledge of EDs, but should also strive to increase service-providers\u2019 awareness of how their own potentially stigmatising attitudes can undermine engagement with treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/ipm.2015.24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,22]],"date-time":"2015-05-22T02:06:11Z","timestamp":1432260371000},"page":"21-31","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Stigma and treatment of eating disorders in Ireland: healthcare professionals\u2019 knowledge and attitudes"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"F.","family":"McNicholas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"O\u2019Connor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L.","family":"O\u2019Hara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"N.","family":"McNamara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/casp.2184"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0895-4356(97)00126-1"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.20262"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1359105308100215"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.20760"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.20512"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/08870440290001494"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref150","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S079096670000971X"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/erv.2155"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.20056"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1475-6773.2005.00350.x"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/2050-2974-1-5"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/ipm.2014.82"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/08870449608400270"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.20507"},{"key":"S0790966715000245_ref190","unstructured":"Health Research Board (2013). 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