ArticleJournal of psychiatric and mental health nursing2026
Conversion Practices in Eating Disorder Treatment: A Lived Experience Narrative.
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- Effectiveness without safety: a response to Duggan, Hardy, and Waller (2026).Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Iatrogenic harm and premature treatment discontinuation in eating disorders: a lived experience response to Wade and Schmidt (2026).Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- When psychiatry does not learn: Epistemic humility, ignorance culture, exclusion culture and diagnostic weaponisation.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimConversion practices (sometimes referred to as 'conversion therapy') refer to interventions that aim to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. While these are often associated with faith-based settings, they can also occur in secular healthcare contexts. The practices are associated with significant psychological harm. This paper aims to provide a lived experience account of gender identity conversion practices perpetrated in the context of inpatient eating disorder (ED) treatment.
methodsThis paper provides the first author's narrative of his inpatient ED treatment as a young trans man and maps this experience to the key features aligned with accepted definitions of conversion practices and their enduring impact.
findingsThis paper describes an inpatient ED treatment experience characterised by (1) pathologisation of the first author's gender diversity; (2) the use of coercion and institutional power to enforce cisnormative developmental outcomes; (3) the persistent withholding, delaying, and problematising of gender-affirming medical care; and (4) the enduring psychological harm and extended disengagement from further treatment-seeking that results from these practices. DISCUSSION: This narrative highlights the urgent need to safeguard against conversion practices within inpatient mental health settings and ensure ED treatment is provided from a gender-affirming framework.
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