Alexithymia and suicide risk among patients with schizophrenia: Preliminary findings of a cross-sectional study;Alessitimia e rischio suicidario in pazienti affetti da schizofrenia: Risultati preliminari di uno studio trasversale

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Marasco, Viviana ^a   De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Serroni, Nicola ^a   Campanella, Daniela ^a   Acciavatti, Tiziano ^a,b   Caltabiano, Mario ^a   Olivieri, Luigi ^a   Rapini, Gabriella ^a   Cicconetti, Alessandra ^c   Carano, Alessandro ^d   La Rovere, Raffaella ^e   Di Iorio, Giuseppe ^b   Moschetta, Francesco Saverio ^a   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^b  

^a Ospedale Civile G Mazzini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Salute Mentale   (Italy)

^d C and G Mazzoni Hospital   (Italy)

^e Istituto Psicoriabilitativo S Francesco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951499842     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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