1. The use of cognitive remediation therapy on a child adolescent eating disorder unit: Patients and therapist perspectives
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Bryan Lask, Sophie Nesbitt, Robert Turton, Lucia Giombini, and Matteo Turco
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050103 clinical psychology ,Anorexia Nervosa ,Psychotherapist ,Adolescent ,genetic structures ,Population ,Anorexia nervosa ,Unit (housing) ,Child and adolescent ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intervention (counseling) ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Child ,education ,Inpatients ,education.field_of_study ,05 social sciences ,Neuropsychology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Cognitive Remediation ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,Cognitive remediation therapy ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) is an intervention for anorexia nervosa (AN) that focuses on ameliorating the neuropsychological inefficiencies that underlie the illness. The current literature has reported promising results regarding its efficacy as an intervention for AN. However, there is a scarcity of studies considering the implementation of CRT in a child and adolescent population. This article describes an individual CRT therapy programme for children and adolescents with AN delivered on an inpatient unit for eating disorders. It considers the therapeutic process including the differing viewpoints of the patients and the therapists. The article concludes that CRT can be viewed as an engaging therapeutic intervention that could be useful as an additional treatment for AN.
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- 2016
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