Janet Treasure

..Problems with social emotional functioning are an important part of eating disorder psychopathology...

..To revisit Gillberg's hypothesis proposed in 1992, which was that anorexia nervosa should be considered within the spectrum of autistic disorders...

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..Careful planning of service provision, reflective practice, supervision and regular team feedback is essential to prevent iatrogenic harm...

..Overall, apart from studies reporting pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder, advances in treatment for adults have been scarce, other than interest in new forms of treatment delivery...

..We examine other evidence supporting this conclusion and consider the developmental and neurobiological factors that can account for this...

..Addressing carers' needs may impact on prognostic outcome. The aim was to explore and model factors associated with distress in parents of people with AN (N = 151)...

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..Insula hyperactivation along with ACC hypoactivation may be critical for altered interoceptive awareness to body self-comparison and/or for altered implicit motivation to thin-idealized body images in AN patients...

..The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of family therapy and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) guided self-care in adolescents with bulimia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified...

..SEM was used because it is sensitive to motivational states of approach (appetitive response) and withdrawal (aversive response), which are independent of conscious intentional control...

..This interaction mechanism may underlie cognitive inhibition of appetitive processes that are anxiety inducing, in people with AN...

..This is in keeping with observations of similarities between the disorders...

..The authors sought to identify neural correlates of eating disorders in order to contribute to the debate on the genesis and classification of eating disorders and provide endophenotypes for genetic research...

..Patients with eating disorders favor immediate gratification and ignore long-term negative consequences. This study investigated decision making in bulimia nervosa using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and skin conductance responses (SCR)...

..Social anhedonia relates to a reduced feeling of pleasure from social stimulation. Researching the exact nature of problems in interpersonal relationships is an important topic for clinicians and researchers in the field...

..We aimed to determine the role of maternal anxiety and depression in mediating the risk for feeding difficulties in infants of women with ED...

..CONCLUSION: The P-CED is a useful tool for identifying the positive and negative aspects of eating disorders that can be targeted in treatment or used as an outcome measure in research...

..Carers of people with anorexia nervosa experience significant levels of distress. This may contribute to unhelpful behaviours which maintain the illness...

..Small scale studies point to difficulties with cognitive set-shifting as a basis. Using larger scale studies will lend robustness to these data...

..These findings support current explanatory models of both AN and CFS, and suggest that emotional processing should be addressed in the assessment and treatment of individuals with these illnesses...

..The second aim was to examine whether could replicate the findings of (Uehara et al., Compr Psychiatr, 42, 132-138, 2001) regarding a reduction in EE in association with a psycho-educational intervention...

..The intervention provides information and promotes skills development in managing the illness. Carers were also offered professional support...

..Brain networks associated with anxiety induced by self-comparison to slim images may be involved in the genesis of body dissatisfaction and hence with vulnerability to eating disorders...

..The stronger reactivity to external food-related stimuli in women may be explored as a marker of gender-related susceptibility to eating disorders...

..We wanted to know whether adolescents with eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) differ from those with bulimia nervosa (BN) in clinical features, comorbidity, risk factors, treatment outcome or cost...

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..This study aimed to explore the factor structure of cognitive and social emotional functioning and to investigate whether a particular cognitive or social emotional profile was associated with a more severe and chronic form of illness...

..The potential utility of this measure in future retrospective and prospective research studies is highlighted...

..To determine the impact of pregnancy on eating disorders (ED) symptoms using data from a large prospective, community-based cohort study...

..To investigate individual differences in the effects of stress on BMI...

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..This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors, correlates, and markers associated with the development of symptomatology of early-onset BN and subclinical BN...

..Abnormalities in perception and evaluation of body shape are a hallmark of eating disorders...

..The authors retrospectively examined a spectrum of childhood traits that reflect obsessive-compulsive personality in adult women with eating disorders and assessed the predictive value of the traits for the development of eating disorders...

..This study examined beliefs about emotions, emotional tolerance and avoidance and emotion suppression to preserve relationships in recovered AN patients. It also explored whether beliefs about emotion are related to emotional avoidance...

..Qualitative methods can aid in the development of complex interventions...

..The powerful anorexigenic effect of CRH could contribute to the severity of weight loss associated with AN...

..The main aim of this study was to develop a valid and specific scale to measure family accommodation in the context of having a relative with an eating disorder...

..This supports the hypothesis that individuals with anorexia have a positive bias toward local detail processing, indicative of weak central coherence...

..Maternal EDs during pregnancy are likely to have important long-term biological effects on the foetus. Further research needs to clarify potential biological risk mechanisms highlighted in this review...

..To assess whether medical nurses can deliver motivational enhancement therapy (MET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to a competent level and whether treatment fidelity is maintained...

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..The context in which the intervention was delivered had an impact on self-report and behavioural measures collected during the test meal. This suggests that the form of meal support in AN needs to match the context...

..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the addition of personalized feedback to a guided cognitive-behavioural (CBT) self-help programme for patients with bulimia nervosa...

..Very limited evidence is available on how to treat adults with anorexia nervosa and treatment outcomes are poor. Novel treatment approaches are urgently needed...

..Decision making is impaired in female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but it is unclear if the same impairment is present in male patients with AN...

..This study aimed to provide preliminary extensions of this data by examining how different levels of appetitive restraint impact on brain volume...

..This study aims to evaluate a novel and brief skills-based therapy for in-patients with anorexia nervosa, which addressed 'cold' and 'hot' cognition...

..However, there are no direct comparison studies. This study aimed to compare the cognitive profile of AN against published ASD data on tasks measuring empathy, executive function and central coherence...

..Caring for someone with anorexia nervosa is distressing...

..It is uncertain whether these deficits result from starvation and to what extent they might be reversed by weight gain alone. These deficits may need to be targeted in treatment...

..Neither of these features are found in recovered AN. The association between impaired decision making ability and a decreased autonomic response is consistent with the predictions of the Somatic Marker Hypothesis...

..These results indicate that pathological personality features in AN are persistent traits, although some features may become exaggerated in the acute phase...

..The aim was to compare EE, measured with a self report tool, in parents of people with AN (carers; N = 151) with that of parents of healthy people (controls; N = 93), and to explore factors associated with EE...

..This paper reviews information processing of food stimuli (words, pictures) in people with eating disorders (ED)...

..Women with eating disorders (EDs) are reported to have strengths in local or detailed information processing and difficulties with coherence or global processing/integration...

..The aim of this study was to examine predictors of carers' distress and caregiving appraisals using a model of caregiving adapted from the previous literature...

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..Generating more research using behavioural measures may increase understanding of the findings...

..This model departs from other models of AN in that it does not emphasize the role of weight and shape-related factors in the maintenance of AN; that is, it is culture-free. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed...

..Finally, we consider how this approach may map onto treatment. For example, it may be necessary to have specific modules tailored to the relevant moderating and mediating factors...

..The present study aimed to investigate the presence of obsessive-compulsive beliefs and magical ideation (MI) in a group of eating-disordered participants...

..The aim of this study was to develop a measure to assess the specific caregiving burden of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. A secondary aim was to examine whether this measure was sensitive to change...

..These results are indicative of weak coherence. The finding that weak coherence is a stable characteristic rather than a state effect suggests that it may be an endophenotype for ED...

..This study suggests high punishment sensitivity and low reward reactivity/sensitivity might form a personality cluster associated with the risk of developing an ED...

..The aim of this case report was to describe the use of a virtual reality (VR) programme developed to facilitate exposure to food as a supplement to treatment for a person with AN...

..This is given in the form of an educational workshop for two families...

..The findings support models of AN which suggest that difficulties with emotional processing, particularly around anger are associated with AN. Future work could explore these initial findings in a larger sample...

..To understand the cause and consequence of hippocampal size and function, it will be important to integrate endocrine, neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies...

..This study aimed to examine these factors in a group of women following long-term recovery from AN...

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..Participants with an eating disorder without GAD scored higher on all components compared to healthy controls. Findings extend our understanding of shared vulnerability factors between the eating disorders and GAD...

..The medial prefrontal response to disease-specific stimuli may be related to trait vulnerability. Lateral and apical prefrontal involvement is associated with a good outcome...

..To examine central coherence (local and global processing) in women with anorexia nervosa (AN)...

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..The short nature and promising results of this intervention make it an attractive addition to current treatment programmes...

..To examine feeding patterns and growth in the first year of life in infants of women with eating disorders in a population-based cohort...

..CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the SMS-based intervention would benefit from further adaptation to make it a more useful tool for the aftercare of patients after outpatient treatment for bulimia nervosa...

..All patients' weight increased after 3 months. Using a vodcast to support patients during meal times may be a useful addition to treatment for anorexia nervosa...

..Although psychological issues can interfere with diabetes care, the effectiveness of psychological treatments in improving diabetes outcomes is uncertain...

..These imaging techniques allow researchers to study not only the configuration of brain structures but also aspects of normal and anomalous human behavior more accurately...

..To characterize the demographic, psychosocial and prognostic features of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) presenting to a gastroenterology service, and to compare them with patients presenting to an eating disorders unit...

..Dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex is implicated in craving for drugs and food. This study explores the effect of prefrontal cortex stimulation on food craving...

..The aim of this review was to systematically search the literature to examine whether OCPD traits have an impact on the outcome of AN...

..A number of sets of clinical guidelines have been developed for the treatment of eating-disordered patients. This study aimed to measure adherence to such guidance among family physicians working in primary care settings...

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..During the years 1988-1993 the primary care incidence of anorexia nervosa in the UK remained stable, but the incidence of bulimia nervosa increased threefold...

..The current study examined and compared perceptions of illness in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and lay men and women...

..There is debate as to whether eating disorders may be culture-bound. However, accumulating evidence suggests that eating disorders may be found outside of the West, although the precise form of the eating disorder may differ...

..Disturbances in gastrointestinal hormones have been widely identified in persons with eating disorders (EDs) and have been implicated in their clinical pathologies...

..This study considered the impact of ethnicity on the referral process for patients with eating disorders, at the levels of referral rate, diagnosis, and treatment offered...

..Emails sent by therapists were mainly supportive in content, with only a small amount of time being required by therapists to provide email support...

..Aims To examine an interpersonal maintenance model of eating disorders, using a self-help intervention for carers...

..Supplemental telephone coaching was also offered...

..Low birth weight, prematurity and higher miscarriage rates have previously been reported in women with eating disorders...

..PsycINFO, Medline, and Web of Science databases were searched to December 2005. Hand searching of eating-disorder journals and relevant reference sections was also undertaken...

..The aim of this case series study was to evaluate the effect and experience of a psychological intervention on interdialytic weight gain in a small group of patients...

..We have demonstrated this approach using our neuropsychological studies of cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa (AN)...

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