Alexithymia is associated with impaired recognition of emotional faces in psychiatric patients;Beeinträchtigtes erkennen emotionaler gesichtsausdrücke durch psychiatrische patientinnen bei alexithymie

Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-15

  Dittrich, Daniel ^a   Domes, Gregor ^b   Loebel, Susi ^a   Berger, Christoph ^c   Spitzer, Carsten ^d   Herpertz, Sabine C ^e   Rufer, Michael ^f   Barnow, Sven ^e   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Grabe, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Clinical sample; Facial emotion recognition; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISGUST; FACIAL EMOTION RECOGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 84872091982     PISSN: 16614747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000135     Document Type: Review

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