Mentalizing the body: A comparison between patients with an eating disorder and healthy individiuals

Recruiting

• Conditions: F50.0; F50.1; F50.2; Anorexia nervosa; Atypical anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa

• Registration Number: DRKS00031108
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Freiburg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Patients >= 18 years, confirmed diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN), atypical AN or bulimia nervosa (BN), female gender, age 18-60 years, written informed consent.
(2) Healthy, matched female subjects (match by age, education).

Exclusion Criteria

- psychosis
- bipolar disorder
- intelligence reduction
- brain-organic disease
- substance addiction
- poor knowledge of the German language

to (2) additionally:
- presence of an eating disorder
- presence of another mental illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reflective Functioning<br>(assessed with the Brief Reflective Functioning Interview, BRFI)<br>1 time point of measurement (cros-sectional study)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
movement energy, -synchony<br>using Motion Energy Analysis (MEA)