Criterion–related validity of diagnostic criteria for alexithymia in a general hospital psychiatric setting

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-85

  Fukunishi, Isao ^a   Hosaka, Takashi ^b   Aoki, Takayuki ^b   Azekawa, Takaharu ^c   Ota, Arimitsu ^d   Miyaoka, Hitoshi ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affect; Alexithymia; General hospital; Personality; Psychiatry; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029915327     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289051     Document Type: Article

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