Coherence and other autistic spectrum traits and eating disorders: Building from mechanism to treatment. The Birgit Olsson lecture

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-42

  Treasure, Janet ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Asperger; Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorder

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BULIMIA; COGNITION; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRUSTRATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY OF MIND; TIC;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84873034428     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2012.674554     Document Type: Article

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