Neuropsychological Learning Deficits as Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Eating Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Eating disorders (EDs) are severe psychiatric illnesses that require individualized treatments. Decision-making deficits have been associated with EDs. Decision-making learning deficits denote a lack of strategies to elaborate better decisions that can have an impact on recovery and response to treatment. This study used the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to investigate learning differences related to treatment outcome in EDs, comparing between patients with a good and bad treatment outcome and healthy controls. Likewise, the predictive role of impaired learning performance on therapy outcome was explored. Four hundred twenty-four participants (233 ED patients and 191 healthy controls) participated in this study. Decision making was assessed using the Iowa Gambling Task before any psychological

SUBMITTER: Lucas I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8308216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature