ArticleBMC psychiatry2016
How anorexia nervosa patients with high and low autistic traits respond to group Cognitive Remediation Therapy.
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- A Mixed Method Systematic Review Into the Impact of ED Treatment in Autistic People and Those With High Autistic Traits.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Benefits and harms of interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and other mental health outcomes for autistic people: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Pooled it
- Cognitive Remediation Interventions in Autism Spectrum Condition: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in Anorexia Nervosa: An Updated Literature Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Finding the Proportion of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Who Develop Anorexia Nervosa, the True Prevalence of Female ASD and Its Clinical Significance.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparing executive functions profiles in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder in adolescence.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Article
- A comparison of the eating disorder service experiences of autistic and non-autistic women in the UK.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Article
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- Cognitive deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders: Toward an integrative approach combining social and non-social cognition.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Cognitive Behavioral and Cognitive Remediation Strategies for Managing Co-Occurring Anorexia Nervosa and Elevated Autism Spectrum Traits.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe current study aimed to evaluate group Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). We aimed to examine the treatment response of group CRT in AN patients with high or low levels of autistic traits.
methodsThirty-five in patients with an AN diagnosis received group CRT intervention for 6 sessions in a national eating disorder unit. All participants completed self-report questionnaires on thinking styles and motivation before and after the intervention.
resultsPatients with low autistic traits had statistically significant medium size effect improvements in self-reported thinking style scales as well as confidence (ability) to change. Patients with high autistic traits showed no statistically significant improvements in any outcome measure.
conclusionsThe brief group format CRT intervention improves self-reported cognitive and motivational aspects in people with AN without autistic traits. For patients with higher autistic traits brief group CRT does not improve self-reported cognitive style or motivation. This finding suggests that brief group format CRT might not be the best suited format for individuals with elevated autistic traits and individual or more tailored CRT should be explored.
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