Anorexia Nervosa is a serious life-threatening illness with a typical age of onset in adolescence; if not effectively treated, it has the potential to significantly impact adolescent development and quality of life. Research on executive functioning in anorexia nervosa indicates that it may be a viable target for intervention that could improve outcome. The current project focuses on determining whether or not the investigators can improve set-shifting in affected adolescents in the hopes that improvements in set-shifting will, ultimately, improve outcome.
Age range
12 Years
Sex
ALL
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Change in executive functioning
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in response inhibition
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in set-shifting
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in shifting accuracy
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in category switching flexibility
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in flexibility
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in self-reported inhibition control
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in self-reported set-shifting
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Rate of weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in eating disorder symptomology
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in behavioral flexibility (amount consumed)
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment
Change in behavioral flexibility (eating disorder behaviors)
Timeframe: Baseline, during treatment, end of treatment