Clinical correlates of alexithymia in patients with fibromyalgia

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Evren, Bilge ^a   Evren, Cuneyt ^b   Guler, Mine Hosafci ^a  

^a Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy State Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Fibromyalgia; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE 20; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33644546035     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856906775249857     Document Type: Article

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