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Cognitive remediation therapy for adolescent inpatients with severe and complex anorexia nervosa: A treatment trial

Harrison, A; Stavri, P; Ormond, L; McEnemy, F; Akyol, D; Qureshi, A; Al-Khairulla, H; (2018) Cognitive remediation therapy for adolescent inpatients with severe and complex anorexia nervosa: A treatment trial. European Eating Disorders Review , 26 (3) pp. 230-240. 10.1002/erv.2584. Green open access

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Abstract

Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) is a low‐intensity treatment adjunct forindividuals with severe and complex anorexia nervosa (AN) with difficultiesin globally oriented, flexible thinking. Previously trialled in adults, this studyinvestigated whether individual and group CRT was a feasible, acceptable,and beneficial treatment for 125 adolescent inpatients with severe and com-plex AN. Seventy patients (mean age = 15.22,SD= 1.44) received 10 sessionsof individual CRT, and 55 patients (mean age = 14.89,SD= 1.74) received 10sessions of group CRT. In individual CRT, 1 patient (1.43%) dropped out, andthere were medium‐sized improvements in bigger picture thinking and set‐shifting, small to large‐sized improvements in switching‐related initiationand inhibition skills, and large‐sized improvements in motivation to recover.Group CRT had higher dropout (9.09%;n= 5) and produced small‐sizedimprovements in global information processing and medium‐sized improve-ments in self‐reported cognitive flexibility and high acceptability ratings. Datasuggest that a randomised controlled trial for adolescents with AN iswarranted.

Type: Article
Title: Cognitive remediation therapy for adolescent inpatients with severe and complex anorexia nervosa: A treatment trial
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2584
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2584
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: adolescents, anorexia nervosa, central coherence, cognitive remediation therapy, eating disorders,inpatient treatment, set‐shifting
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063418
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