Adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa: 18-year outcome

Abstract

The 18-year outcome of teenage-onset anorexia nervosa is favourable in respect of mortality and persisting eating disorder.

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

“…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). Moreover, a recent review by Huke and colleagues (2013), investigating autistic traits in EDs, found that nearly 23% of individuals with an ED displayed autism spectrum traits.…”

“…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.…”

Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa und andere Essstörungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen

“…Bei 70% erfolgte eine Genesung von der Essstörung, 10% litten unter chronifizierter Anorexia nervosa und bei 20% trat im Verlauf eine bulimische oder atypische Essstörung auf. Allerdings scheint die Prognose der kindlichen Anorexia nervosa wiederum schlechter zu sein als bei der adoleszenten Form [62,63].…”

Anorexia nervosa: diagnosis, risk factors and evidence‐based treatments

“…32 Wentz et al showed that autistic traits in childhood were found to be predictive of a poor global outcome in the eating disorder in adulthood. 33 • 35 • In assessing whether a person has AN, attention should be paid to the overall clinical assessment (repeated over time), including rate of weight loss, growth rates in children, objective physical signs and appropriate laboratory tests.…”