Effects of childhood trauma on somatization in major depressive disorder: The role of alexithymia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-141

  Güleç, Medine Yazici ^a   Altintaş, Merih ^a   Inanç, Leman ^a   Bezgin, Çiǧdem Hazal ^a   Koca, Esra Kaymak ^a   Güleç, Hüseyin ^a  

^a Erenköy Mental Health Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Childhood trauma; Major depressive disorder; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGLECT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84874511571     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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