Alexithymia is associated with depression in de novo Parkinson's disease

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-253

  Poletti, Michele ^a,b   Frosini, Daniela ^b   Pagni, Cristina ^b   Lucetti, Claudio ^a   Del Dotto, Paolo ^a   Ceravolo, Roberto ^b   Bonuccelli, Ubaldo ^a,b  

^a USL of Viareggio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE SHORT FORM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79955565367     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322029     Document Type: Letter

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