Alexithymia as predictor of treatment outcome in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 911-918

  Porcelli, Piero ^a,b   Bagby, R Michael ^c   Taylor, Graeme J ^c   De Carne, Massimo ^b   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Todarello, Orlando ^d  

^a Psychosomatic Unit   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Mount Sinai Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Prediction; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

PROKINETIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141857809     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000089064.13681.3B     Document Type: Article

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