The effectiveness of cognitive remediation therapy as a component of treatment for anorexia nervosa

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anorexia nervosa; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN79119671
• Lead Sponsor: HS Tayside Health Board (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-04-27
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Female, aged 18-65
2. English as first language
3. Meet International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) criteria for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa
4. Receiving outpatient treatment within NHS Tayside Eating Disorders Service

Exclusion Criteria

1. Deemed by clinical staff to be too emotionally or physically frail to participate
2. Current psychosis
3. History of Learning Disability/Developmental Disorder
4. History of head injury involving loss of consciousness
5. History/current neurological disorder
6. Uncorrected significant visual or motor impairment
7. Current/previous substance misuse
8. Administrated neuropsychological measures in the past - knowledge of neuropsychological measures

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified