ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2018
Premorbid and Illness-related Social Difficulties in Eating Disorders: An Overview of the Literature and Treatment Developments.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Oxytocin Amplifies Negative Response to Ambiguity in Adolescent Females With and Without Eating Disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Trial
- Stepping into day treatment approach versus inpatient treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa: the DAISIES RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
- Cognitive bias modification training of attention and interpretation to reduce expectations of social rejection in adolescents with eating disorders: A small efficacy randomized controlled trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Trial
- Psilocybin Treatment as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders: Therapeutic Rationale & Considerations for Protocol Development.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Rethinking the bodily self: evidence from the enfacement illusion in women at risk for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Does Identifying with Another Face Alter Body Image Disturbance in Women with an Eating Disorder? An Enfacement Illusion Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Does Evidence Support an Emotion Regulation Model of Anorexia Nervosa? A Systematic Review of Over a Decade of Research.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Equity in eating disorders: a dialectical approach to stigma, expertise, and the coproduction of knowledge.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Early intervention for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Pilot evaluation of an outpatient group therapy prior to inpatient treatment.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Mediation role of interpersonal problems between insecure attachment and eating disorder psychopathology.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Eating disorder-related functional impairment predicts greater depressive symptoms across one semester of college.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- Diminished Adaptation, Satisfaction, and Neural Responses to Advantageous Social Signals in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2024Article
- The subjective assessment of work and social adjustment impairments and associated psychopathologies in Japanese adult female patients with anorexia nervosa.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Article
- Topography and relationship-specific social touching in individuals displaying body image disturbances.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Interpersonal attribution bias and social evaluation in adolescent eating disorders.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Article
- Family, friends, and feelings: the role of relationships to parents and peers and alexithymia in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Multi-family therapy for bulimia nervosa: a qualitative pilot study of adolescent and family members' experiences.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial difficulties in eating disorders can manifest as predisposing traits and premorbid difficulties, and/or as consequences of the illness.
objectiveThe aim of this paper is to briefly review the evidence of social problems in people with eating disorders and to consider the literature on treatments that target these features.
methodA narrative review of the literature was conducted.
resultsPeople with eating disorders often manifest traits, such as shyness, increased tendency to submissiveness and social comparison, and problems with peer relationships before illness onset. Further social difficulties occur as the illness develops, including impaired social cognition and increased threat sensitivity. All relationships with family, peers and therapists are compromised by these effects. Thus, social difficulties are both risk and maintaining factors of eating disorders and are suitable targets for interventions. Several forms of generic treatments (e.g. interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive analytic therapy, focal psychodynamic therapy) have an interpersonal focus and show some efficacy. Guided self-management based on the cognitive interpersonal model of the illness directed to both individuals and support persons has been found to improve outcomes for all parties. Adjunctive treatments that focus on specific social difficulties, such as cognitive remediation and emotion skills training and cognitive bias modification have been shown to have a promising role.
conclusionMore work is needed to establish whether these approaches can improve on the rather disappointing outcomes that are attained by currently used treatments for eating disorders.
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