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Social Processes in Adolescents with Restrictive Eating Disorders

Social Processes in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

The purpose of this study is to evaluate social interactions in adolescents and whether changes in information can influence social behaviors.

Shifting Perspectives

Shifting Perspectives

This Shifting Perspectives study explores whether we can improve treatment outcomes in teens with anorexia nervosa by adding Adolescent Focused Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) to Family Based Treatment (FBT). CRT focuses on improving cognitive and behavioral flexibility in adolescents.

Timko Research Group

Timko Research Group

The Timko Research Group is a dynamic research group examining a range of topics related to eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and malnutrition.

Training the Brain to Think Flexibly in Adolescent Anorexia

Published on
Sep 12, 2019
in Cornerstone Blog
C. Alix Timko
A new study investigates whether flexible thinking may lead to flexible behavior for adolescents with anorexia and their parents.
C. Alix Timko, PhD
C. Alix Timko

Dr. Timko is a psychologist and researcher focused on understanding the development and maintenance of eating disorders in adolescents. Currently, her interest is in the neurobiology of anorexia, the role of neurocognition in eating disorder maintenance, sex differences in eating disorders, and the development of new treatments for youth with eating disorders.

E-mail:
timkoc [at] chop.edu