Early-onset anorexia nervosa in girls with Asperger syndrome

Abstract

Eating disorders frequently occur in conjunction with autism spectrum disorders, posing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The comorbidity of anorexia nervosa and Asperger syndrome is a significant clinical complication and has been associated with a poorer prognosis.

The authors are presenting the cases of an eleven-year-old girl and a five-and-a-half-year-old girl with comorbid eating disorders and Asperger syndrome.

Keywords

• eating disorders
• early-onset anorexia nervosa
• autism spectrum disorders
• Asperger syndrome
• diagnostics
• therapy