The relationship between alexithymia, depression, and Axis II psychopathology in eating disorder inpatients

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-286

  Sexton, Mark C ^a   Sunday, Suzanne R ^a   Hurt, Stephen ^a   Halmi, Katherine A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Eating disorders; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031892487     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199804)23:3<277::AID-EAT5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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