Alexithymia in Holocaust survivors with and without PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Steiner, Ann ^a   Kahana, Boaz ^b   Binder Brynes, Karen ^a   Southwick, Steven M ^c,d   Zemelman, Shelly ^a   Giller, Earl L ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

alexithymia; Holocaust survivors; posttraumatic stress disorder; symptom severity; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SURVIVAL; WAR;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0031056723     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100108     Document Type: Article

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