Alexithymia and anxiety sensitivity in Turkish depressive, anxiety and somatoform disorder outpatients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-145

  Celikel, Feryal Cam ^a,c   Saatcioglu, Omer ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases   (Turkey)

^c Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Anxiety sensitivity; Depression; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 34248562915     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500600971521     Document Type: Article

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