Is decision-making impairment an endophenotype of Anorexia Nervosa?

Autor: L. Di Lodovico, M. Lachatre, J. Marcheselli, A. Versini, N. Ramoz, P. Gorwood
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: European Psychiatry, Vol 65, Pp S150-S150 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.403
Popis: Introduction Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) show impaired decision-making ability, but it is still unclear if this is a trait marker, i.e. a stable endophenotype of AN, or a state parameter, i.e. being explained by present symptoms and associated comorbidity. Objectives We aimed to determine whether decision-making impairment is an endophenotype of AN. We hypothesized that decision-making alteration would not respect the criteria of an endophenotype, and that these alterations would have a relationship with illness severity. Methods Ninety-one patients with acute AN (A-AN), 90 unaffected relatives (UR), 23 patients remitted from AN (R-AN) and 204 healthy controls (HC) underwent the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and psychometric assessments. Prospective Valence Learning model (PVL) was employed to distinguish the cognitive dimensions underlying the decision-making process. Performance at the IGT was compared between the four groups and then analysed according to clinical and psychometric variables. Results Patients with A-AN scored worse than UR and HC at the IGT (p
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