Predictive value of alexithymia in patients with eating disorders: A 3-year prospective study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-371

  Speranza, Mario ^a,b   Loas, Gwenolé ^c   Wallier, Jenny ^d   Corcos, Maurice ^b,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^c Hopital Pinel   (France)

^d INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Eating disorders; Longitudinal study; Outcome predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34648817588     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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