Impact of alexithymia on treatment outcome: A naturalistic study of short-term cognitive-behavioral group therapy for panic disorder

Psychopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-179

  Rufer, Michael ^a   Albrecht, Renate ^c   Zaum, Johanna ^c   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Mueller Pfeiffer, Christoph ^a,b   Hand, Iver ^c   Schmidt, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Center of Education and Research   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Panic disorder; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449149729     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288639     Document Type: Article

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