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Based on the experimental research, we have designed one-off workshops for patients in inpatients and day care services and evaluated its acceptability and effectiveness using feedback questionnaires.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This naturalistic project is an evaluation of multiple positive communication workshops. Forty-one participants completed workshop questionnaires, which were provided immediately at the beginning and end of the workshop, including feedback on these one-off groups. The workshops consisted of educational and experiential components. The questionnaire outcomes were evaluated by independent researchers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All participants were female adults with a mean age of 33 (12.2) and a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (AN; either restrictive or binge-purge subtype). Post-workshop questionnaires showed large effect sizes in the improvement of understanding the importance and confidence in using positive communication strategies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Addressing social communication difficulties in eating disorder treatment programmes adds valuable dimensions to these symptom-based treatments in both inpatient settings and day services, and may provide broader benefits in overall social functioning in patients with AN.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Brief one-off workshops targeting social functioning for patients with eating disorders might be useful complementary input for treatment programmes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2023.1234928","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,15]],"date-time":"2023-08-15T15:22:54Z","timestamp":1692112974000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Positive communication workshops: are they useful for treatment programmes for anorexia nervosa?"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Kate","family":"Tchanturia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philippa","family":"Croft","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Victoria","family":"Holetic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jessica","family":"Webb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marcela Marin","family":"Dapelo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]]},"reference":[{"volume-title":"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders","year":"2013","key":"ref1"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"309","DOI":"10.1080\/01973533.2014.917973","article-title":"Communicating without the face: holistic perception of emotions of people with facial paralysis","volume":"36","author":"Bogart","year":"2014","journal-title":"Basic Appl. 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