ArticleEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2022
Case series of family-based treatment for restrictive-type eating disorders and comorbid autism: What can we learn? A brief report.
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- 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
- Weight Gain in Family-Based Treatment for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) with and Without Autism.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy with Autistic Children and Young People: A Narrative Review of Recent Developments.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- The intensive outreach programme for child and adolescent eating disorders: an uncontrolled case series of clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- 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
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- Anorexia nervosa with comorbid autism spectrum disorder: Optimizing care for youth, caregivers, and health care providers.Paediatrics & child health · 2024Article
- Innovations of the ICD-11 in the Field of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Psychological Approach.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2022Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectiveAutism is more prevalent among persons with Restrictive type eating disorders (R-ED) compared to the general population and is associated with poorer outcomes across treatment modalities. Knowledge is sparse with regard to whether poorer outcomes are also associated with Family-based treatment (FBT), which is recommended as the first choice of treatment for young persons (YPs) with R-ED. This case series compares outcome between groups with and without autism in a large consecutive series of YPs with R-ED treated with FBT.
methodIn an earlier described consecutive series of 157 YPs with R-ED treated with FBT, we compared the outcomes of the subgroup with (N = 16) and without (N = 141) comorbid autism. Primary ICD-10 diagnoses were typical (50.0) or atypical anorexia nervosa (AN) (F50.1), the latter implying a condition as typical AN but with a failure to meet one of the diagnostic criteria. Autism diagnoses were clinically assigned. The outcomes were receiving intensified care, weight normalisation and overall successful treatment.
results10.2% (N = 16) of the sample had autism. 2.5% (N = 4) had autism diagnosed prior to the Eating Disorder (ED), and an additional 7.7% (N = 12) were diagnosed with autism during ED treatment. Significantly more YPs with autism (50%, N = 8) compared with YPs without autism (16%, N = 23) received intensified care (day programme or inpatient treatment) during their treatment. No significant difference between groups regarding neither weight normalisation nor successful ending of the treatment were found.
conclusionThis small sample of YPs with autism suggests that comparable proportions of YPs with and without autism may restore normal weight and end the treatment successfully within 12 months. However, more YPs with comorbid autism needed more intensive treatment, indicating that outpatient treatment delivery may not be sufficient to bring about desired change in this patient group. Findings need confirmation in a larger sample with a systematic screening for autism.
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