Alexithymia and personality in relation to dimensions of psychopathology in male alcohol-dependent inpatients

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Evren, Cüneyt ^a,b   Dalbudak, Ercan ^a   Çakmak, Duran ^a  

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

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Anxiety; Character; Depression; Psychopathology; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST REVISED 90; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 41949135079     PISSN: 10177833     EISSN: 13029657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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