Alexithymia and Psychopathology in Patients with Psychiatric and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-91

  Porcelli, Piero ^a   Affatati, Valeria ^b   Bellomo, Antonello ^b   De Carne, Massimo ^a   Todarello, Orlando ^b   Taylor, Graeme J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Gastrointestinal disorders, functional; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTHYMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 1242306604     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075539     Document Type: Article

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