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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2021

Charli Babb, Janina Brede, Catherine R G Jones, Mair Elliott, Cathy Zanker, Kate Tchanturia, Lucy Serpell, Will Mandy, John R E Fox

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Understanding the Autistic Experience of Restrictive Eating Disorders-A Systematic Review and Qualitative-Synthesis.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025
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  16. The healthcare experiences of middle and older age autistic women in the United Kingdom.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Charli BabbCardiff University, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5416-640X
Janina BredeUniversity College London, UK.
Catherine R G JonesCardiff University, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0541-0431
Mair Elliott
Cathy Zanker
Kate TchanturiaKing's College London, UK.
Lucy SerpellUniversity College London, UK.
Will MandyUniversity College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3564-5808
John R E FoxCardiff University, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstractThis study explores autistic women's experiences of eating disorder services. About 20%-30% of people with anorexia nervosa are also autistic, and current treatments seem not to work as well for them. We interviewed 15 autistic women with experience of anorexia nervosa, 12 parents of autistic women with anorexia nervosa, and 11 healthcare professionals working in eating disorder services. We asked autistic women and parents about their experiences of eating disorder services, and we asked healthcare professionals about their experiences treating autistic women with anorexia nervosa. Participants' views were represented by three overall themes: misunderstanding autism and autistic traits, one treatment does not fit all, and improving accessibility and engagement within services. We found that autistic women face many barriers when in treatment for anorexia nervosa, often because of a lack of autism understanding within eating disorder services. Future research should look at developing anorexia nervosa treatments that can specifically help autistic individuals.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderFeeding and Eating DisordersDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansParentsanorexia nervosaautismco-occurrenceeating disorder servicesfemalesqualitative research

Identifiers

PMID33588579
PMCPMC8264634

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