A family history of alcoholism relates to alexithymia in substance use disorder patients

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 911-917

  De Haan, Hein A ^a,b   Joosten, Evelien A G ^b,c   De Haan, Lydia ^d   Schellekens, Arnt F A ^e   Buitelaar, Jan K ^e   Van Der Palen, Job ^f,g   De Jong, Cor A J ^b  

^a Tactus Addiction Treatment   (Netherlands)

^b Nijmegen Institute for Scientist Practitioners in Addiction   (Netherlands)

^c Vincent Van Gogh Voor Geestelijke Gezondheid   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84884351074     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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