Redigerer Anoreksi (avsnitt)

===Relatert til autisme===
Etter forslag fra [[Christopher Gillberg]] (1985) og andre om at det kan finnes en sammenheng mellom anorexia nervosa og [[autisme]],<ref name="Gillberg1985">{{Cite journal
 |volume      = 39
 |issue       = 4
 |pages       = 307–312
 |last        = Gillberg
 |first       = C.
 |title       = Autism and anorexia nervosa: Related conditions
 |journal     = Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidskrift
 |year        = 1985
 |url         = http://www.nifustep.no/norsk/publikasjoner/nordisk_psykiatrisk_tidsskrift_et_forlagssynspunkt
 |doi         = 10.3109/08039488509101911
 |url-status  = død
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060114210402/http://www.nifustep.no/norsk/publikasjoner/nordisk_psykiatrisk_tidsskrift_et_forlagssynspunkt
 |archivedate = 2006-01-14
 |tittel      = Arkivert kopi
 |besøksdato = 2010-08-12
 |arkivurl    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060114210402/http://www.nifustep.no/norsk/publikasjoner/nordisk_psykiatrisk_tidsskrift_et_forlagssynspunkt
 |arkivdato   = 2006-01-14
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}} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.nifustep.no/norsk/publikasjoner/nordisk_psykiatrisk_tidsskrift_et_forlagssynspunkt |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2010-08-12 |arkiv-dato=2006-01-14 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114210402/http://www.nifustep.no/norsk/publikasjoner/nordisk_psykiatrisk_tidsskrift_et_forlagssynspunkt |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref name="Rothery">{{cite journal |author=Rothery DJ, Garden GM |title=Anorexia nervosa and infantile autism |journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry |volume=153 |issue= |pages=714 |year=1988 |month=november |pmid=3255470 |doi=10.1192/bjp.153.5.714}}</ref><ref name="Gillberg1">{{Cite journal | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 27–32 | last = Gillberg | first = C. | coauthors = M. Rastam | title = Do some cases of anorexia nervosa reflect underlying autistic-like conditions?
| journal = Behavioural neurology | year = 1992 | url = http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=1993-02071-001}}</ref> har en stor studie av AN hos tenåringer blitt gjennomført i Sverige, og denne bekreftet at 23 % av personer med langvarig spiseforstyrrelse er å finne på autismespekteret.<ref name="Gillberg2">{{cite journal |author=Gillberg IC, Råstam M, Gillberg C |title=Anorexia nervosa 6 years after onset: Part I. Personality disorders |journal=Comprehensive Psychiatry |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=61–9 |year=1995 |pmid=7705090 |doi=10.1016/0010-440X(95)90100-A}}</ref><ref name="Gillberg3">{{cite journal |author=Gillberg IC, Gillberg C, Råstam M, Johansson M |title=The cognitive profile of anorexia nervosa: a comparative study including a community-based sample |journal=Comprehensive Psychiatry |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=23–30 |year=1996 |pmid=8770522 |doi=10.1016/S0010-440X(96)90046-2}}</ref><ref name="Råstam1">{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1007/BF01537541
| volume = 25
| issue = 4
| pages = 439–453
| last = Råstam
| first = M.
| coauthors = C. Gillberg, I. C. Gillberg
| title = A six-year follow-up study of anorexia nervosa subjects with teenage onset
| url = https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-youth-and-adolescence_1996-08_25_4/page/439
| journal = Journal of Youth and Adolescence
| accessdate = 2009-09-23
| year = 1996
}}</ref><ref name="Nilsson1">{{cite journal |author=Nilsson EW, Gillberg C, Gillberg IC, Råstam M |title=Ten-year follow-up of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa: personality disorders |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=38 |issue=11 |pages=1389–95 |year=1999 |month=november |pmid=10560225 |doi=10.1097/00004583-199911000-00013}}</ref><ref name="Wentz1">{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1017/S0021963001007284
| volume = 42
| issue = 05
| pages = 613–622
| last = Wentz
| first = Elisabet
| coauthors = Christopher Gillberg, I. Carina Gillberg, Maria Råstam
| title = Ten-Year Follow-up of Adolescent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa: Psychiatric Disorders and Overall Functioning Scales
| journal = The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
| accessdate = 2009-09-23
| year = 2001
| url = http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=80528
}}</ref><ref name="Råstam2">{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1007/s00787-003-1111-y
| volume = 12
| issue = 1
| last = Råstam
| first = Maria
| coauthors = Christopher Gillberg, Elisabet Wentz
| title = Outcome of teenage-onset anorexia nervosa in a Swedish community-based sample
| journal = European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
| accessdate = 2009-09-23
| date = 2003-01-01
| pages = 1
| pmid = 12567219
}}</ref><ref name="Wentz2">{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1007/s00787-005-0494-3
| volume = 14
| issue = 8
| pages = 431–437
| last = Wentz
| first = Elisabet
| coauthors = J. Lacey, Glenn Waller, Maria Råstam, Jeremy Turk, Christopher Gillberg
| title = Childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorders in adult eating disorder patients
| journal = European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
| accessdate = 2009-09-23
| date = 2005-12-01
| pmid = 16341499
}}</ref>

Tendensen er at AN-pasientene som befinner seg på autismespekteret, er hardere rammet,<ref name="Wentz3">{{cite journal |author=Wentz E, Gillberg IC, Anckarsäter H, Gillberg C, Råstam M |title=Adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa: 18-year outcome |journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry |volume=194 |issue=2 |pages=168–74 |year=2009 |month=februar |pmid=19182181 |doi=10.1192/bjp.bp.107.048686}}</ref>  men disse pasientene kan ha nytte av behandlig der man kombinerer atferdsterapi og medisinering som er mer rettet mot behandlingen av autisme enn mot anoreksi.<ref name="Fisman">{{cite journal |author=Fisman S, Steele M, Short J, Byrne T, Lavallee C |title=Case study: anorexia nervosa and autistic disorder in an adolescent girl |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=35 |issue=7 |pages=937–40 |year=1996 |month=juli |pmid=8768355 |doi=10.1097/00004583-199607000-00021}}</ref> {3/

Andre studier, blant annet forskning utført ved Maudsley Hospital i Storbritannia, tyder på at autistiske trekk er vanlig hos personer med anorexia nervosa; eksempler er autismekvotientscoring, kognitiv forståelse,  kognitiv-atferdsmessig fleksibilitet, emosjonell regulering og tolking av ansiktsuttrykk.<ref name="Gillberg4">{{cite journal |author=Gillberg IC, Råstam M, Wentz E, Gillberg C |title=Cognitive and executive functions in anorexia nervosa ten years after onset of eating disorder |journal=Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=170–8 |year=2007 |month=februar |pmid=17365252 |doi=10.1080/13803390600584632}}</ref><ref name="Gillberg4" /><ref name="Hambrook1">{{Cite journal
| volume = 47
| issue = Pt 3
| pages = 335
| last = Hambrook
| first = D.
| coauthors = K. Tchanturia, U. Schmidt, T. Russell, J. Treasure
| title = Empathy, systemizing, and autistic traits in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study
| journal = The British journal of clinical psychology/the British Psychological Society
| year = 2008
| doi = 10.1348/014466507X272475
| url = http://openurl.ingenta.com/content?genre=article&issn=0144-6657&volume=47&issue=3&spage=335&epage=339
| pmid = 18208640
| accessdate = 2010-08-12
| archivedate = 2007-02-26
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070226232424/http://openurl.ingenta.com/content?genre=article&issn=0144-6657&volume=47&issue=3&spage=335&epage=339
}}</ref><ref name="Hambrook1" /><ref name="Lopez1">{{cite journal |author=Lopez C, Tchanturia K, Stahl D, Booth R, Holliday J, Treasure J |title=An examination of the concept of central coherence in women with anorexia nervosa |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_international-journal-of-eating-disorders_2008-03_41_2/page/143 |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=143–52 |year=2008 |month=mars |pmid=17937420 |doi=10.1002/eat.20478}}</ref><ref name="Russell1">{{cite journal |author=Russell TA, Schmidt U, Doherty L, Young V, Tchanturia K |title=Aspects of social cognition in anorexia nervosa: affective and cognitive theory of mind |journal=Psychiatry Research |volume=168 |issue=3 |pages=181–5 |year=2009 |month=august |pmid=19467562 |doi=10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.028}}</ref><ref name="Zastrow">{{cite journal |author=Zastrow A, Kaiser S, Stippich C, ''et al.'' |title=Neural correlates of impaired cognitive-behavioral flexibility in anorexia nervosa |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-psychiatry_2009-05_166_5/page/608 |journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=166 |issue=5 |pages=608–16 |year=2009 |month=mai |pmid=19223435 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08050775}}</ref><ref name="Harrison">{{cite journal |author=Harrison A, Sullivan S, Tchanturia K, Treasure J |title=Emotion recognition and regulation in anorexia nervosa |journal=Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=348–56 |year=2009 |pmid=19517577 |doi=10.1002/cpp.628}}</ref>