Correlations between alexithymia and pain severity, depression, and anxiety among patients with chronic and episodic migraine

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-238

  Yalug, Irem ^a   Selekler, MacIt ^a   Erdogan, Ayten ^b   Kutlu, Ayse ^a   Dundar, Gulmine ^a   Ankarali, Handan ^b   Aker, Tamer ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MIGRAINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952576119     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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