Alexithymia in patients with substance use disorders: State or trait?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-145

  de Haan, Hein A ^a,b   van der Palen, Job ^c,d   Wijdeveld, Toon G M ^b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^e   De Jong, Cor A J ^b  

^a Tactus Addiction Treatment   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absolute stability; Alexithymia; Relative stability; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84895858719     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.12.047     Document Type: Article

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