A comparative study on Alexithymia in depressive, somatoform, anxiety, and psychotic disorders among Koreans

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-331

  Son, Sung hwa ^a   Jo, Hyunyoung ^b   Rim, Hyo Deog ^a   Kim, Ju Hee ^c   Kim, Hea Won ^d   Bae, Geum Ye ^a   Lee, Seung Jae ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daedong Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pohang St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Daegu Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety disorder; Depressive disorder; Psychotic disorder; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 84871540612     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2012.9.4.325     Document Type: Article

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