What is peace?
PEACE stands for Pathway for Eating disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience. PEACE works together with autistic people who have an eating disorder, their families, and clinicians to improve understanding and promote inclusive care and treatment for eating disorders.
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It is estimated that around 20-35% of people with eating disorders meet criteria for autism (Babb, et al., 2022)
A study of children and adolescents with restrictive eating disorders found that 16.3% of those with anorexia scored above threshold on a screening measure for autism (Inoue, et al., 2021).
A pilot study in 2017 reported for the first time that not only anorexia nervosa but also bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder patients show greater autistic characteristics compared to healthy controls (Gesi, et al., 2017).
More recently, studies have reported a high prevalence of anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder in autistic individuals and that patients with binge eating disorder show higher autistic characteristics compared to other subtypes (Numata, et al., 2021).
Babb, C., Brede, J., Jones, C. R., Serpell, L., Mandy, W., & Fox, J. (2022). A comparison of the eating disorder service experiences of autistic and non‐autistic women in the UK. Wiley, 616-627.
Gesi, C., Carmassi, C., Luciano, M., Bossini, L., Ricca, V., Fagiolini, A., Dell’Osso, L. (2017). Autistic Traits in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa or Binge Eating Disorder: A Pilot Study. European Psychiatry.
Inoue, T., Otani, R., Iguchi , T., Ishii, R., Uchida, S., Okada, A., Sakuta , R. (2021). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and autistic traits in children with anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. PubMed, 15(1).
Numata, N., Nakagawa, A., Yoshioka, K., Isomura, K., Matsuzawa, D., Setsu, R., Shimizu, E. (2021). Associations between autism spectrum disorder and eating disorders with and without self-induced vomiting: an empirical study. Journal of Eating Disorders.
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