Cognitive factors in anorexia nervosa: a case history.
RESULTS
This paper reports on an anorexic adolescent female with a history of attentional problems and on the favorable effects on eating-disordered behavior of a pharmacotherapeutic intervention for attentional deficits.


CONCLUSIONS
The role of cognitive and attentional deficits in the initiation and maintenance of eating disorders (ED) is discussed and guidelines for the use of stimulant medication with anorexic patients are presented.
Lena
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Division of Community Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. slena@on.aibn.com
Chidambaram
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Panarella
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Sambasivan
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D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D008774:Methylphenidate