Alcohol addiction and the attachment system: An empirical study of attachment style, alexithymia, and psychiatric disorders in alcoholic inpatients

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-114

  De Rick, Ann ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Verhaeghe, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol addiction; Alcohol use related problems; Alexithymia; Anxiety; Attachment; Attachment style; Attachment system; Depression; Personality disorders; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; BELGIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749089152     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802525744     Document Type: Article

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