Psychopathological and personality traits underlie decision making in recent onset medication naïve anorexia nervosa: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-96

  Fornasari, Livia ^a   Gregoraci, Giorgia ^a   Isola, Miriam ^a   Laura Negri, Gioia Anna ^a   Rambaldelli, Gianluca ^b   Cremaschi, Silvana ^c   Faleschini, Laura ^c   Canalaz, Francesca ^a   Perini, Laura ^a   Balestrieri, Matteo ^a   Fabbro, Franco ^a,d   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c ASS4   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anorexia nervosa; Anxiety; Executive functions; Neuropsychology; Self transcendence; Thought problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PERSONALITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REWARD; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84895862187     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.12.052     Document Type: Article

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