Alexithymia, suicide risk and serum lipid levels among adult outpatients with panic disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 517-522

  De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Campanella, Daniela ^b   Serroni, Nicola ^b   Moschetta, Francesco Saverio ^b   Di Emidio, Fabiola ^b   Conti, Chiara ^a   Carano, Alessandro ^a   Acciavatti, Tiziano ^a   Di Iorio, Giuseppe ^a   Martinotti, Giovanni ^c   Siracusano, Alberto ^d   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b G Mazzini Hospital   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84879091832     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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