Comparative study of alexithymia in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, non-psychotic disorders and normal people

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1084-1089

  Heshmati, Rasoul ^a   Jafari, Esa ^b   Hoseinifar, Jafar ^c   Ahmadi, Mohsen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Non psychotic disorders; Regulation of emotion; Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549279830     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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