title: Patient and parental self-reports of executive functioning in a sample of young female adolescents with anorexia nervosa before and after cognitive remediation therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Previous studies assessing the potency of cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) have largely focused on performance-based assessments and how these change during the course of the intervention. Little is known of behavioural manifestations of such changes, and no previous studies have studied parental reports before and after CRT.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient and parental self-reports of executive function using the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) were obtained for 17 adolescent patients in treatment for anorexia nervosa before and after CRT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that patients scored significantly lower on the BRIEF shift subscale after CRT, whereas parental reports revealed significantly lower scores on the shift and emotional control subscales, and on the two composite indices Behavioural Regulation Index and Global Executive Composite. Case-wise comparisons support variations in executive functions in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes are evaluated in light of the relationship between patients and parents and with regard to the limitations of the study design.
authors.affiliation: Regional Department for Eating Disorders, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål HF, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Camilla Lindvall
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dahlgren
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lask
authors.forename: Nils Inge
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Landrø
authors.forename: Øyvind
authors.initials: Ø
authors.lastname: Rø
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010290:Parents; D057566:Self Report; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: adolescents; anorexia nervosa; cognitive remediation therapy; executive function; self-report