Dissociation and alexithymia among men with alcoholism

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Evren, Cuneyt ^a,e   Sar, Vedat ^b   Evren, Bilge ^c   Semiz, Umit ^d   Dalbudak, Ercan ^a   Cakmak, Duran ^a  

^a Bakirkoy Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders   (Turkey)

^d GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alexithymia; Anxiety; Dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COVARIANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; TAXON;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 39149135184     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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