Alexithymia in severely obese patients seeking surgical treatment

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 935-944

  Marechal, Virginie ^a   Loas, Gwenolé ^a   Legrand, Alain ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBESITY, MORBID; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77449151737     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.3.935-944     Document Type: Article

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