Open AccessTe interrelation of executive functionsand suicidaltendencies in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Алексей Александрович Пичиков,
Юрий Попов,
Юлия Александровна Яковлева
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
obozrenie psihiatrii i medicinskoj psihologii im. v.m. behtereva/obozrenie psihiatrii i medicinskoj psihologii imeni v.m. behtereva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-055X
pISSN - 2313-7053
DOI - 10.31363/2313-7053-2018-4-64-74
Subject(s) - executive functions , anorexia nervosa , psychology , suicidal ideation , neuropsychology , psychomotor learning , cognition , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , eating disorders , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , environmental health
Anorexia nervosa usually develops during adolescence when considerable structural and functional brain changes are taking place. Suicidal intentions could occur at this period and the number of teenage suicides spikes. Te research among adults has registered the defcit of executive functions both in dierent mental disorders and in suicidal behavior. However, there is no clarity about what is the role of executive functions in dynamic of AN among female teenagers. Te question is: do they have an eect on level of suicidal ideation? We have researched executive functions in adolescent girls with AN and suicidal ideas. We identifed that the disfunction in specifc cognitive domains (executive and psychomotor functions) and the global neuropsychological insufciency (composite score BACS) could stimulate an appearance of suicidal ideas in AN.