Cognitive profile of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-42

  Kjaersdam Telléus, Gry ^a,b   Jepsen, Jens Richardt ^c,d,e   Bentz, Mette ^e   Christiansen, Eva ^f   Jensen, Signe O W ^a   Fagerlund, Birgitte ^d   Thomsen, Per Hove ^b,g  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Psychiatric Center Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d Lundbeck Foundation Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) Psychiatric Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^e Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center   (Denmark)

^f Practice for Psychology and Psychiatry   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adolescents; anorexia nervosa; children; cognitive function; intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTENTION; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTRA DIMENSIONAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRA EXTRA DIMENSIONAL SET SHIFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEST OF MEMORY AND LEARNING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE III; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84920874236     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2337     Document Type: Article

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