Attention, executive functions, and mentalizing in anorexia nervosa eighteen years after onset of eating disorder

• OBJECTIVE: Prospective study of attention, executive functions, and mentalizing abilities in a representative sample of teenage-onset anorexia nervosa (AN). METHOD: A total of 51 AN cases recruited after community screening were contrasted with 51 matched comparison cases 18 years after AN onset. Neuropsychological tests had been done at 21, 24, and 32 years (18 years after AN onset). RESULTS: The AN-group had more attention, executive function, and mentalizing problems. Some of these problems had been present at all three follow-up occasions. CONCLUSIONS: AN is associated with a range of neuropsychological problems that are present long after the eating disorder per se is no longer an important feature.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

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Adult

Age Factors

Age of Onset

Anorexia Nervosa

Complications

Psychology

Attention

Physiology

Cognition Disorders

Etiology

Disease Progression

Executive Function

Physiology

Female

Humans

Longitudinal Studies

Male

Middle Aged

Neuropsychological Tests

Predictive Value of Tests

Regression Analysis

Statistics

Nonparametric

Theory of Mind

Physiology

Young Adult

Neuropsychology

Population-based

Anorexia nervosa

Long-term outcome

Executive function

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