Alexithymia and psychological distress among frequent attendance patients in health care

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-202

  Joukamaa, Matti ^a,b   Karlsson, Hasse ^a,b   Sohlman, Britta ^a,b   Lehtinen, Ville ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Frequently attending patients; Primary health care; Psychological distress; SCL 25; TAS 26

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030036956     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289075     Document Type: Article

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