Alexithymia, depression and tinnitus in elderly people

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 431-435

  Salonen, Jaakko ^a   Johansson, Reijo ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^b,c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Elderly people; Hearing loss; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TINNITUS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 34548652977     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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