Alexithymia and life satisfaction in primary healthcare patients

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-529

  Mattila, Aino K ^a   Poutanen, Outi ^b   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^b   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^b   Joukamaa, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 35948973965     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.6.523     Document Type: Article

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