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ArticlePsychological medicine2012

The sociocommunicative deficit subgroup in anorexia nervosa: autism spectrum disorders and neurocognition in a community-based, longitudinal study.

H Anckarsäter, B Hofvander, E Billstedt, I C Gillberg, C Gillberg, E Wentz, M Råstam

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Article in Psychological medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

H AnckarsäterForensic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. henrik.anckarsater@neuro.gu.se
B Hofvander
E Billstedt
I C Gillberg
C Gillberg
E Wentz
M Råstam
University of Gothenburg · SELund University · SESwedish Institute · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA subgroup of persons with anorexia nervosa (AN) have been proposed to have sociocommunicative problems corresponding to autism spectrum disorders [ASDs, i.e. DSM-IV pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs): autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, PDD not otherwise specified (NOS)]. Here, clinical problems, personality traits, cognitive test results and outcome are compared across 16 subjects (32%) with teenage-onset AN who meet or have met ASD criteria (AN+ASD), 34 ASD-negative AN subjects and matched controls from a longitudinal Swedish study including four waves of independent assessments from the teens to the early thirties.

methodThe fourth wave included the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID)-I and the SCID-II (cluster C, i.e. 'anxious' PDs) interviews, the Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Interview, self-assessments by the Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Temperament and Character Inventory, neurocognitive tests by subscales from the Wechsler scales, continuous performance tests, Tower of London, and Happé's cartoons.

resultsThe ASD assessments had substantial inter-rater reliability over time (Cohen's κ between 0.70 and 0.80 with previous assessments), even if only six subjects had been assigned a diagnosis of an ASD in all four waves of the study, including retrospective assessments of pre-AN neurodevelopmental problems. The AN+ASD group had the highest prevalence of personality disorders and the lowest Morgan-Russell scores. The non-ASD AN group also differed significantly from controls on personality traits related to poor interpersonal functioning and on neurocognitive tests.

conclusionsA subgroup of subjects with AN meet criteria for ASDs. They may represent the extreme of neurocognitive and personality problems to be found more generally in AN.

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Interpersonal RelationsAdultAnorexia NervosaChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveCommunication DisordersFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNeuropsychological TestsPersonalityPersonality DisordersPrognosis

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PMID22186945
PMCPMC3413193
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