title: Follow-up Assessment of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Pilot Study.
abstract: Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) is a specialized treatment approach targeting cognitive weaknesses in anorexia nervosa (AN). Regarding follow-up effects of CRT, there are only few studies available; for adolescents, there are no data.
  
  
  
  Forty-eight adolescents with AN were assigned to receive either CRT and treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU alone. Assessments were performed at baseline (n = 48) and compared with assessments at a 6-month follow-up (n = 33). Outcome measures were set-shifting, central coherence, eating disorder and general psychopathology.
  
  
  
  The completion rate was higher in CRT compared with TAU. There were no significant differences in neuropsychological and clinical variables. Changes in body mass index percentile showed a trend towards significance for CRT. Dropout analyses revealed no significant predictors.
  
  
  
  Results provide a first insight into follow-up-assessments of CRT in adolescent AN. More randomized controlled studies are needed to clarify the long-term effects of CRT. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbrich
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Betteke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Noort
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kappel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000072466:Cognitive Remediation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: adolescents; anorexia nervosa; cognitive remediation therapy; follow-up effects