Dependency and Alexithymia in Psychiatric Inpatients

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 302-306

  O'Neill, Richard M ^a   Bornstein, Robert F ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RORSCHACH TEST; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030044014     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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