1. Is decision making really impaired in eating disorders?
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Sébastien Guillaume, Fabrice Jollant, Philippe Courtet, Isabelle Raingeard, Isabelle Jaussent, Caroline Ngo Ton Sang, Jacques Bringer, Villebrun, Dominique, Neuropsychiatrie : recherche épidémiologique et clinique (PSNREC), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Pôle de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine-IFR10-Groupe hospitalier Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier, Service d'endocrinologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), AOI UF 7880, and Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
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MESH: Decision Making ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Anorexia Nervosa ,Psychometrics ,education ,Iowa Gambling Task ,[SDV.MHEP.PSM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health ,Decision Making ,neuropsychology ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Neuropsychologia ,medicine ,Humans ,Bulimia Nervosa ,Psychiatry ,MESH: Humans ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Bulimia nervosa ,MESH: Questionnaires ,Neuropsychology ,MESH: Neuropsychological Tests ,Neuropsychological test ,medicine.disease ,Iowa gambling task ,3. Good health ,030227 psychiatry ,MESH: Cognition Disorders ,Eating disorders ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) ,[SDV.MHEP.PSM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Female ,Cognition Disorders ,Psychology ,MESH: Anorexia Nervosa ,MESH: Bulimia Nervosa ,MESH: Female ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Decision making has been reported to be reduced in eating disorders. However, studies are sparse and have been carried out in various selected populations. In the current study we arranged to confirm previous observations and to assess the relationship between decision making and dimensions relevant to eating disorders.Patients suffering from anorexia nervosa (n = 49), bulimia nervosa (n = 38), and healthy controls (n = 83) were assessed using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). All patients were euthymic and free of psychotropic medication. Self-questionnaires (Eating Disorder Inventory-2; Gardner, 1991; and Eating Attitude Test; GarnerGarfinkel, 1979) were used to assess clinical dimensions relevant to eating disorders.No significant differences in IGT performance were observed between patients and healthy controls or between restrictive and purging types of anorexia nervosa. No correlations were found between IGT performance and eating disorder questionnaires.These results do not support reduced decision making in patients with eating disorders, and suggest that previously reported alterations could be related to other clinical characteristics. This should stimulate new topic-related studies designed to reach a firm conclusion.
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- 2010
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