Modern perspectives on alexithymia;Aktuelle perspektiven der alexithymie

Nervenarzt

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-163

  Gundel H ^a   Ceballos Baumann, A O ^b   Von Rad, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Neurobiology; Research; Review; Somatisation

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; EMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0343962987     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050024     Document Type: Review

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