A controlled test of family interventions in eating disorders: Changes in alexithymia;Un ensayo controlado de intervenciones familiares en trastornos alimentarios. Cambios en alexitimia

Anales de Psiquiatria

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 64-72

  Eizaguirre, A Espina ^a,b   De Cabezón, M A Ortego Sáenz ^a   De Alda Martínez, I Ochoa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Personalidad Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Eating disorders; Group therapy; Parents' support group; Systemic family therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450069659     PISSN: 02130599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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