患有限制性饮食障碍的自闭症女性的临床特征
Janina Brede1, Charli Babb2, Catherine R G Jones2
1Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, UK.
BJPsych open
|July 26, 2024
概括
患有限制性饮食障碍 (RED) 的自闭症女性表现出复杂的表现,包括传统的饮食障碍症状,自闭症特异性需求和同时出现的心理健康问题. 早期识别和量身定制的治疗对于这一群体至关重要.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症妇女面临发展限制性饮食障碍 (REDs) 的风险增加,包括神经性厌食症.
- 了解患有RED的自闭症女性的独特临床特征对于在饮食障碍服务中早期识别和干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述经历RED的自闭症女性的临床特征.
- 增强对自闭症女性中红色红色染色体的高风险因素的理解.
- 帮助自闭症妇女在专门的饮食障碍治疗环境中得到认可.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及四组的比较研究:有RED的自闭症女性 (自闭症+RED),没有RED的自闭症女性 (自闭症),没有自闭症的RED的女性 (RED),以及具有高自闭症特征和RED的女性 (帽子+RED).
- 评估包括自我报告的自闭症特征和失调的饮食模式.
- 参与者数量:自闭症 + REDs (n=57),自闭症 (n=69),REDs (n=80),HATs + REDs (n=38) 的情况.
主要成果:
- 自闭症 + REDs参与者表现出与自闭症组相似的自闭症特征和与REDs组相似的饮食失调症状.
- 自闭症+REDs组的独特特征包括更多的限制/重复行为以及与感官,灵活性和社会因素相关的自闭症特异性饮食行为.
- HATs + REDs组反映了自闭症 + REDs组的个人资料,两组都报告了显著的同时出现的心理健康困难,特别是社会焦虑.
结论:
- 患有RED的自闭症女性的临床表现是多方面的,包括典型的饮食失调症状,与自闭症相关的需求和大量同时出现的心理健康挑战.
- 饮食障碍服务部门在为自闭症妇女和具有高度自闭症特征的妇女制定病例时,应考虑自闭症特异性的饮食行为和并发症.
- 治疗适应是必要的,以解决这个人口的独特的自闭症特征和相关需求.
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