Supporting Autistic People with Eating Disorders: A Guide to Adapting Treatment and Supporting Recovery - Paperback
by Kate Tchanturia (Editor)
This book explores the link between autism and eating disorders through testimonies from practitioners, service users and carers. Combining research findings, case studies and first-hand accounts, it provides insights into how individuals on the autism spectrum can be supported towards full recovery from an eating disorder.
Edited by the lead Clinical Psychologist at the Maudsley Eating Disorder National Service, informed by their team's research, chapters focus on the unique issues arising when autism and eating disorders coexist. The contributors suggest treatment adaptations from a multi-disciplinary perspective, and touch more broadly on the topic of poor mental health outcomes for autistic individuals, and how these might be improved.Professor Kate Tchanturia is the lead clinical psychologist for the National Eating Disorder Service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Professor in the psychology of eating disorders at King's College London. She has lectured internationally and trained clinicians and researchers in the UK, US, Europe, South America, New Zealand and Australia in the neuropsychology of eating disorders.
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