Alexithymia and cognitive dysfunctions in patients with panic disorder

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-188

  Galderisi, Silvana ^a   Mancuso, Francesco ^a   Mucci, Armida ^a   Garramone, Stefania ^a   Zamboli, Rosita ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Cingulate cortex; Emotional Stroop Test; Neurocognitive; Orbitofrontal cortex; Panic disorder; Temporolimbic circuits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149120718     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119738     Document Type: Article

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