Trial reportEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2022
Autistic characteristics in youth with anorexia nervosa before and after treatment.
Trial report in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03928028 (Shifting Perspectives), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Shifting Perspectives: Enhancing Outcomes in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa With Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT)
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- A scoping review of the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorders: exploring the secondary impact of eating disorders and co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Neuroanatomical associations with autistic characteristics in those with acute anorexia nervosa and weight-restored individuals.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the links between sensory sensitivity, autistic traits and autism-related eating behaviours in a sample of adult women with eating disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Autistic traits and perspective taking in youths with anorexia nervosa: an exploratory clinical and eye tracking study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and eating disturbances in a sample of young adults referring to a generalized mental health clinic.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Autism and anorexia nervosa: Longitudinal prediction of eating disorder outcomes.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveCognitive characteristics common to autistic individuals are often seen in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN), raising the question of whether autistic people and people with AN may share an endophenotype. We need to examine autistic characteristics during the early stages of AN to accurately parse true symptom co-occurrence from behavioural alterations due to prolonged illness.
methodsWe conducted a post-hoc analysis examining autistic characteristics in 59 youth with AN. Adolescents and parents participating in a randomised-clinical trial for AN completed questionnaires probing autistic characteristics at baseline and treatment end. We categorised participants as above or below cut-offs of clinical indicators of autism using the Autism Probability Index (API) and the Autism Spectrum Quotient-10.
resultsRates of high autistic characteristics ranged between 0% and 36% depending on the instrument used and how the data was obtained (i.e., by informant report or self-report). Paternal report of autistic characteristics differed across treatment completers versus non completers and maternal report indicated lower weight gain for those with elevated characteristics.
conclusionsLow rates of autism and fluctuations in autistic features during treatment underscore the importance of longitudinal examinations of autistic characteristics in adolescents with AN. Future studies need to replicate findings in a larger adolescent sample.
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