Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents

Abstract Family-based interventions are widely recommended as a first line treatment for children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa. There is clear evidence that model-adherent delivery of specific eating disorder focused family interventions has the potential to help adolescents with Anorexia...

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Autores principales:	Rachel Loomes, Rachel Bryant-Waugh
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Anorexia Nervosa Autism Adolescence Family-based therapy Treatment Psychiatry RC435-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:919259dd752946d0b02c986930d75d5a2021-12-05T12:07:14ZWidening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents10.1186/s40337-021-00511-82050-2974https://doaj.org/article/919259dd752946d0b02c986930d75d5a2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00511-8https://doaj.org/toc/2050-2974Abstract Family-based interventions are widely recommended as a first line treatment for children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa. There is clear evidence that model-adherent delivery of specific eating disorder focused family interventions has the potential to help adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa, who have typically engaged in extreme dietary restriction and lost a significant amount of weight over a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, there remains a significant number of young people with restrictive eating disorders for whom family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa prove less effective, suggesting adaptations may be indicated for some. In this paper we provide a rationale and structure for considering a number of possible adaptations to the delivery of family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa specifically intended to enhance its relevance and potential effectiveness for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum; a subgroup known to represent a significant minority in eating disorder populations who have been identified as having relatively poor outcomes. Plain English summary Past research has shown that certain family-based treatments are effective for many children and adolescents who develop Anorexia Nervosa. At the same time this type of treatment approach in its current form does not work for everyone. Recent research has highlighted the overlap between anorexia and autism and the need for the development of adaptations to existing treatments to better meet the requirements of people on the autism spectrum who develop anorexia. With this in mind we propose a number of autism-related adaptations that could be made to family-based treatments for anorexia. We hope that these might be formally tested in the future to see if these adaptations improve outcomes for this group of individuals.Rachel LoomesRachel Bryant-WaughBMCarticleAnorexia NervosaAutismAdolescenceFamily-based therapyTreatmentPsychiatryRC435-571ENJournal of Eating Disorders, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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topic	Anorexia Nervosa Autism Adolescence Family-based therapy Treatment Psychiatry RC435-571
spellingShingle	Anorexia Nervosa Autism Adolescence Family-based therapy Treatment Psychiatry RC435-571 Rachel Loomes Rachel Bryant-Waugh Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
description	Abstract Family-based interventions are widely recommended as a first line treatment for children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa. There is clear evidence that model-adherent delivery of specific eating disorder focused family interventions has the potential to help adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa, who have typically engaged in extreme dietary restriction and lost a significant amount of weight over a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, there remains a significant number of young people with restrictive eating disorders for whom family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa prove less effective, suggesting adaptations may be indicated for some. In this paper we provide a rationale and structure for considering a number of possible adaptations to the delivery of family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa specifically intended to enhance its relevance and potential effectiveness for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum; a subgroup known to represent a significant minority in eating disorder populations who have been identified as having relatively poor outcomes. Plain English summary Past research has shown that certain family-based treatments are effective for many children and adolescents who develop Anorexia Nervosa. At the same time this type of treatment approach in its current form does not work for everyone. Recent research has highlighted the overlap between anorexia and autism and the need for the development of adaptations to existing treatments to better meet the requirements of people on the autism spectrum who develop anorexia. With this in mind we propose a number of autism-related adaptations that could be made to family-based treatments for anorexia. We hope that these might be formally tested in the future to see if these adaptations improve outcomes for this group of individuals.
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title	Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
title_short	Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
title_full	Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
title_fullStr	Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
title_full_unstemmed	Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents
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Widening the reach of family-based interventions for Anorexia Nervosa: autism-adaptations for children and adolescents

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