Background Multiple published sources from around the world have confirmed an
association between an array of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other traumatic …

Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting millions of people
around the globe. In recent years, researchers increasingly investigated social cognition in …

Background This study evaluated the role of overlapping traits and characteristics related to
autism spectrum disorder (autism) and anorexia nervosa (AN) in the general population, and …

Objective Previous research suggests that patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) show an
impaired capacity to mentalize (reflective functioning, RF). RF is discussed as a possible …

Seeing someone else move can have a powerful effect on our own motor system, making us
more likely to make the same movement even if we are not intending to do so. This motor …

(1) Background: the investigation of how interpersonal functioning affects eating
psychopathology has been receiving increasing attention in the last decade. This study …

Purpose Evidence that social difficulties promote the development and the maintenance of
eating disorders (EDs) derive from self-reported data and only partially from experimental …

This chapter highlights the contribution of peer relationships to the development and
maintenance of eating disorders, an interpersonal factor which has been included in several …

Background Feeding and eating disorders are severe mental disorders that gravely affect
patients' lives. In particular, patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN) …

Clinical Scenario: Eating disorders (EDs) and disordered eating (DE) result in numerous
physical and psychological complications for female and male athletes. Besides bone …