ReviewJournal of eating disorders2021
Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents.
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- Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy with Autistic Children and Young People: A Narrative Review of Recent Developments.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Social Anxiety and Peer Relationships Predict Weight Recovery in Adolescent Onset Anorexia Nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- "No one was coming to save us": an interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the experience of parents supporting their autistic daughter through anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A pilot study investigating the acceptability and feasibility of a group intervention for parents of autistic young people with anorexia nervosa within a specialist eating disorders service.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Understanding the child and adolescent eating disorder treatment experiences of autistic people and parents.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Clinicians' Experiences of Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy With Autistic Young People.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Predicting anorexia nervosa treatment efficacy: an explainable machine learning approach.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Anorexia nervosa with comorbid autism spectrum disorder: Optimizing care for youth, caregivers, and health care providers.Paediatrics & child health · 2024Article
- Current Discoveries and Future Implications of Eating Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- 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
- Case series of family-based treatment for restrictive-type eating disorders and comorbid autism: What can we learn? A brief report.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 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
Family-based interventions are widely recommended as a first line treatment for children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa. There is clear evidence that model-adherent delivery of specific eating disorder focused family interventions has the potential to help adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa, who have typically engaged in extreme dietary restriction and lost a significant amount of weight over a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, there remains a significant number of young people with restrictive eating disorders for whom family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa prove less effective, suggesting adaptations may be indicated for some. In this paper we provide a rationale and structure for considering a number of possible adaptations to the delivery of family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa specifically intended to enhance its relevance and potential effectiveness for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum; a subgroup known to represent a significant minority in eating disorder populations who have been identified as having relatively poor outcomes. Past research has shown that certain family-based treatments are effective for many children and adolescents who develop Anorexia Nervosa. At the same time this type of treatment approach in its current form does not work for everyone. Recent research has highlighted the overlap between anorexia and autism and the need for the development of adaptations to existing treatments to better meet the requirements of people on the autism spectrum who develop anorexia. With this in mind we propose a number of autism-related adaptations that could be made to family-based treatments for anorexia. We hope that these might be formally tested in the future to see if these adaptations improve outcomes for this group of individuals.
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