Depressive personality dimensions and alexithymia in eating disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-163

  Speranza, Mario ^a,b   Corcos, Maurice ^b   Loas, Gwenolé ^c   Stéphan, Philippe ^d   Guilbaud, Olivier ^b   Perez Diaz, Fernando ^e   Venisse, Jean Luc ^f   Bizouard, Paul ^g   Halfon, Olivier ^d   Flament, Martine ^e   Jeammet, Philippe ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^c Hopital Pinel   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CHU DE NANTES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Dependency; Depression; Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; Self criticism; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20444409499     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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