Alexithymia after traumatic brain injury: Its relation to magnetic resonance imaging findings and psychiatric disorders

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 807-812

  Koponen, Salla ^a   Taiminen, Tero ^a   Honkalampi, Kirsi ^c   Joukamaa, Matti ^d   Viinamäki, Heimo ^c   Kurki, Timo ^a   Portin, Raija ^a   Himanen, Leena ^a   Isoniemi, Heli ^a   Hinkka, Susanna ^b   Tenovuo, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Psychiatric disorders; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 25844488625     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000181278.92249.e5     Document Type: Article

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