Neuropsychological performance, impulsivity, ADHD symptoms, and novelty seeking in compulsive buying disorder.

We examined the neuropsychological performance of people with compulsive buying disorder (CBD) and control subjects, along with trait impulsivity, symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and selected personality characteristics. Subjects received a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery, depression and ADHD symptom assessment, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and a version of the Temperament and Character Inventory. Persons with CBD (n=26) and controls (n=32) were comparable in terms of age, sex, and years of education.

The RBANS Effort Index: base rates in geriatric samples.

The Effort Index (EI) of the RBANS was developed to assist clinicians in discriminating patients who demonstrate good effort from those with poor effort. However, there are concerns that older adults might be unfairly penalized by this index, which uses uncorrected raw scores. Using five independent samples of geriatric patients with a broad range of cognitive functioning (e.

Pre- and post-electroconvulsive therapy multidomain cognitive assessment in psychotic depression: relationship to premorbid abilities and symptom improvement.

Objectives: Cognitive changes have been reported in patients after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but few studies have investigated post-ECT changes across multiple cognitive domains. Because cognitive dysfunction is presumed to be more salient in psychotic depression, we propose a brief pre-ECT multidomain cognitive assessment battery, assessing neurocognitive function in this population before and after ECT. We also compared performance to estimated premorbid levels and determined if neuropsychological functioning was related to symptom improvement.

Premorbid intellect and current RBANS performance: discrepancy scores in three geriatric samples.

Assessing cognitive change during a single visit requires the comparison of estimated premorbid abilities and current neuropsychological functioning. As newer instruments are developed to measure current cognitive functioning, their relationships with premorbid estimates need to be evaluated. The current study examined the clinical utility of discrepancy scores between an estimate of premorbid intellect derived from demographic variables (i.

Stability of neuropsychological performance in anorexia nervosa.

Introduction: We investigated the stability of neuropsychological performance and eating disorder (EDO) symptoms before, immediately after, and 2 years after inpatient treatment. We also examined relationships between neuropsychological and EDO measures.

Methods: Sixteen women who were admitted for inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa participated in three evaluations: (1) at admission to the hospital, (2) at discharge, and (3) at a follow-up exam approximately two years after discharge.

Retention rates on RBANS memory subtests in elderly adults.

Identification of memory impairment is important for neuropsychological diagnostic and research applications, and retention rates on verbal and visual memory tests can provide useful information when characterizing a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Although the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is becoming a popular screening battery for cognitive functions, normative data on retention rates are not available. The retention rates of verbal and visual material were evaluated in a sample of clinical patients (n = 109) compared to a healthy control group (n = 718).

Pre- and post-right middle cerebral artery stroke in a young adult: a case study examining the sensitivity of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS).

Right-hemisphere strokes are associated with a number of neurobehavioral deficits. The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a relatively new, but widely used screening battery; however, there is little published research in patients who have sustained strokes. We present a rare case of stroke in a 22-year-old psychiatric patient, who received neuropsychological evaluations before and after sustaining a right middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke.

Neuropsychological and psychiatric functioning pre- and posthematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adult cancer patients: a preliminary study.

The current study characterizes cognitive and psychiatric status in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients shortly before and after transplant. Thirty adult patients were assessed prospectively 1-2 weeks before transplantation and 100 days posttransplantation on neuropsychological and psychiatric measures. Before transplant, participants showed mild impairments on several neuropsychological measures, with the poorest performances occurring on learning and attention.

Regression-based formulas for predicting change in RBANS subtests with older adults.

Repeated neuropsychological assessments are common with older adults, and the determination of clinically significant change across time is an important issue. Regression-based prediction formulas have been utilized with other patient and healthy control samples to predict follow-up test performance based on initial performance and demographic variables. Comparisons between predicted and observed follow-up performances can assist clinicians in making the determination of change in the individual patient.

Concordance between the CVLT and the WMS-III word lists test.

The California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) and the Word Lists Test (WLT) from the Wechsler Memory Scale-III are widely used tests of verbal learning and memory. To examine concordance between these popular tests, we administered both to a diagnostically diverse group of 25 patients. As expected, measures from the two tests were highly correlated, although level of concordance was not as high as might be expected.

Coercion and informed consent in research involving prisoners.

Prison-based research has been limited due to concern that prisoners may represent a vulnerable population secondary to possible coercion and limited capacity for voluntary informed consent. This study was designed to assess decisional capacity and susceptibility to coercion in prison research subjects. Subjects were 30 mentally ill prisoners and 30 healthy controls.

Dichotic listening: expanded norms and clinical application.

The object of this study was to provide an expanded normative base for the Dichotic Word Listening Test (DWLT), with particular emphasis on the performance of older individuals. The normative study consisted of 336 community living volunteers. These new norms were used to compare several groups of neurologically impaired patient groups.

Neuropsychological characteristics of patients in a hospital-based eating disorder program.

The existence of cognitive deficits associated with eating disorders has been debated for some time. The present study investigated cognitive impairments in a large sample of patients with anorexia nervosa from an inpatient treatment program. Fifty-nine women with anorexia nervosa were given a battery of neuropsychological tests assessing multiple cognitive domains.

Neuropsychological functioning pretreatment and posttreatment in an inpatient eating disorders program.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether neuropsychological dysfunction associated with anorexia nervosa resolves with inpatient treatment.

Method: Subjects were 28 women being treated for anorexia nervosa. Main study variables included body mass index (BMI), Beck Depression Inventory-II, and neuropsychological test scores.