Theory of mind and the brain in anorexia nervosa: Relation to treatment outcome

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 832-841.e11

  Schulte Rüther, Martin ^a   Mainz, Verena ^b   Fink, Gereon R ^c   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^a   Konrad, Kerstin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d JARA Translational Brain Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; medial prefrontal cortex; social cognition; superior temporal cortex; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84864364297     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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