Alexithymia, craving and attachment in a heavy drinking population

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-430

  Thorberg, Fred Arne ^a,b   Young, Ross McD ^a,c   Sullivan, Karen A ^a   Lyvers, Michael ^d   Connor, Jason P ^b,c   Feeney, Gerald F X ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alexithymia; Attachment; Craving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ATTACHMENT ANXIETY SUBSCALE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DRINKING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79151484097     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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