Alexithymia, emotions and PTSD; findings from a longitudinal study of refugees

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a National Swedish Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective symptoms; Alexithymia; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 17644441743     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410006214     Document Type: Article

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