Autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and eating disturbances in a sample of young adults referring to a generalized mental health clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The relationship between autistic traits and eating disturbances has been given considerable attention over the last decades. The rise of a dimensional approach to psychopathology has expanded the way we think about autism, acknowledging that subthreshold autistic manifestations span across the general population and are more pronounced in psychiatric patients. Here we investigated the prevalence of eating disorders and its potential relationship with autistic traits and sensory sensitivity in a group of patients who were referred for the first time to a mental health outpatient clinic, without a formal diagnosis yet.

Methods

259 young adults (between 18 and 24 years old) completed: the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), the Swedish Eating Assessment for Autism Spectrum

SUBMITTER: Nistico V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806192 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature