Suicide risk among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: The role of alexithymia and insight;Rischio suicidario in pazienti con disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo: Il ruolo dell'alessitimia e dell'insight

Italian Journal of Psychopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-196

  De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Serroni, N ^b   Campanella, D ^a,b   Carano, A ^a   Caltabiano, M ^b   Pizzorno, A M ^b   Valchera, A ^c   Tancredi, L ^c   Sepede, G ^a   Gambi, F ^a   La Rovere, R ^a   Salerno, R M ^a   Moschetta, F S ^b   Ferro, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile G Mazzini   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura San Giuseppe   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depressive symptoms; Insight; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Suicide ideation; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 57049177013     PISSN: 15921107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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