Cognitive and psychosocial correlates of alexithymia following traumatic brain injury

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-72

  Henry, Julie D ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^b   Crawford, John R ^b   Theodorou, Georgia ^b   Summers, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Organic' alexithymia; Emotional change; Executive dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 28044434205     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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