Abstract:Background: Recently, elevated levels of autistic traits and autism diagnoses have been reported among people with anorexia nervosa (AN). In clinical settings high levels of autistic traits have been linked to more complex, highly comorbid illness presentation and poorer outcome. This study aimed to examine whether autistic traits predict AN symptom profile in long term. Methods: Altogether 118 women with lived experience of AN completed two autism assessments at time 1, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Sched… Show more
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