Profile of neurocognitive impairments associated with female in-patients with anorexia nervosa

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-527

  Fowler, L ^a   Blackwell, A ^a   Jaffa, A ^c   Palmer, R ^d   Robbins, T W ^b   Sahakian, B J ^a   Dowson, J H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c Ida Darwin Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644878942     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705006379     Document Type: Article

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