Effect of alexithymia on the process and outcome of psychotherapy: A programmatic review

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Piper, William E ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Psychotherapy; Therapy process; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83655181205     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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