Are treatment options related to alexithymia in eating disorders? Results from a three-year naturalistic longitudinal study

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 585-589

  Speranza, Mario ^a   Loas, Gwenolé ^b   Guilbaud, Olivier ^c   Corcos, Maurice ^c  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Eating disorders; Longitudinal study; Treatments

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755177642     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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