Alexithymia, empathy, and psychological symptoms in a family context

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 448-455

  Guttman, Herta ^a   Laporte, Lise ^a  

^a Allan Memorial Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036852452     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/comp.2002.35905     Document Type: Article

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