title: Central coherence in full recovery of anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined central coherence as a possible endophenotype in a large sample of women recovered from anorexia nervosa (rec AN). Recovery was defined by considering physiological, behavioural and psychological variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100 rec AN women and 100 healthy women completed the Rey Complex Figure Test, a measure for visual-spatial central coherence. The participants were matched 1:1 for age and educational level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the healthy control group, the rec AN group showed better accuracy in the copy condition. There was a trend for a local strategy in the rec AN group compared with a global strategy in the healthy control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This sample of rec AN women showed no inefficiencies in global processing but a superior local processing after full recovery from AN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Manfred M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fichter
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quadflieg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D058068:Endophenotypes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult