Publications by authors named "W John Sharp"
Objective: As diagnoses covering dysfunctional feeding and eating in pediatrics, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) contain inherent areas of overlap in their diagnostic criteria. Areas of overlap include criteria regarding nutritional consequences associated with feeding/eating dysfunction and shared emphasis on possible psychosocial impairment associated with restricted food intake. Complicating the differential diagnosis process is a lack of guidance regarding when the two conditions occur independently, co-qualify, and/or transition into the other.
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- * Researchers used community input, conducted focus groups, and gathered feedback from experts to develop a 91-item tool.
- * The final measure will help understand the impacts of food allergies on families with children aged two to twelve years, emphasizing the importance of caregiver perspectives.
Two recent systematic reviews provide important insights into the current state of the eating disorder literature regarding autistic traits, ASD prevalence, and experience with accessing treatment, with a specific focus on anorexia nervosa (AN). The extant literature provides converging evidence for elevated autistic traits in individuals with AN, while evidence for increased prevalence of ASD in AN is less robust. Presence of autistic traits or a formal ASD diagnosis both appear to elevate the potential for a more complicated experience during eating disorder treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although intensive multidisciplinary interventions (IMIs) provide benefits for patients with pediatric feeding disorders (PFD), access to these programs is limited and challenges faced by the programs remain unclear.
Objective: To better understand the barriers faced by existing day programs that provide IMI, disparities in patient care, and areas for improvement to better inform policy and improve access to treatment for PFD.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a leader of outpatient programs providing IMI in the United States.