A systematic review and meta-analysis of ‘Systems for Social Processes’ in eating disorders

Emotions mediate the relationship between autistic traits and disordered eating: A new autistic-emotional model for eating pathology

“…We also found significant relationships between the AQ social-skills and the AQ communication scales and the EAT-26 bulimia scale. This result corroborates findings from community samples (Carton and Smith, 2014) and also supports previous clinical work showing that amongst individuals with an ED, bulimic symptoms were related to deficits in social skills (Iwasaki et al, 2013) and theory of mind (Caglar-Nazali et al, 2014). Interestingly, for the first time in a non-clinical population, we found a significant relationship between the AQimagination and the EAT-26 bulimia subscale.…”

“…Current evidence points to a strong role for three particular deficits, impaired theory of mind (Caglar-Nazali et al, 2014;Davis et al, 2016 ), weak central coherence (Lang et al, 2014), and deficits in executive functions, including problems in set-shifting (Roberts et al, 2007;Tchanturia et al, 2012;Westwood et al, 2016). Social interaction impairments and reciprocal communication deficits, which are key symptoms of ASD, have also been reported in ED patients (Wentz et al, 2009;Zucker et al, 2007).…”

“…The importance of assessing empathising can be seen in the impaired theory of mind (Caglar-Nazali et al, 2014) and social interaction deficits, which are key symptoms in ED patients (Wentz et al, 2009;Zucker et al, 2007). The studies assessing empathising in EDs have mainly used two distinct measures to assess empathy, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1983), a multi-dimensional assessment of empathy, and the Empathising Quotient (EQ; [Baron-Cohen and Wheelwright, 2004]), a measure of empathy used to account for the social and communication barriers commonly found in individuals with ASD.…”

Past, Current and Future of Anorexia Nervosa in Japan

“…It is known that AN can impact on some cognitive processes, such as executive functions [38], attention [39] and social cognition [40]. Recent international neuroimaging studies have demonstrated several possibilities in research of AN, such as perceiving kindness may be a trait of AN whereas recognizing malevolence may be linked to recovery [41].…”

Entrenamiento en remediación cognitiva y habilidades emocionales en formato grupal para pacientes con obesidad. Un estudio piloto

“…El grupo de Tchanturia posteriormente y, atendiendo a las difi cultades en la regulación emocional de las pacientes con trastornos alimentarios (Kittel et al, 2014;Caglar-Nazali et al, 2014), desarrolló el programa cognitive remediation and emotion skills training (CREST) , en el que, además de trabajar sobre las difi cultades neuropsicológicas, también lo hace sobre los aspectos socio-emocionales. Hasta la fecha, los pocos estudios que han evaluado su efi cacia están ofreciendo resultados esperanzadores en pacientes con AN Harrison, Mountford, y Tchanturia, 2014).…”