Alexithymia, Depressive Experiences, and Dependency in Addictive Disorders

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-579

  Speranza, Mario ^a,i   Corcos, Maurice ^b   Stéphan, Philippe ^c,j   Loas, Gwenolé ^d,k   Pérez Diaz, Fernando ^e   Lang, François ^f,l   Venisse, Jean Luc ^g   Bizouard, Paul ^h,m   Flament, Martine ^e,n   Halfon, Olivier ^c,j   Jeammet, Philippe ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^c Serv Psychiat Enfant et de l'Adol   (Switzerland)

^d Serv Hosp Univ de Psychiatrie   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^g CHU DE NANTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

ⁱ BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^k University Department of Psychiatry   (France)

^l Dept of Child/Adolescent Psychiat   (France)

^m University Department of Psychiatry   (France)

ⁿ CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Addictive disorders; Alexithymia; Anaclitism; Dependency; Eating disorders; Goodness of fit index; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL DEPENDENCY INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 11144358650     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120030058     Document Type: Article

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