Autistic characteristics in youth with anorexia nervosa before and after treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cognitive 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.

Methods

We 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

SUBMITTER: Susanin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10243230 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature