Changes in brain activity of somatoform disorder patients during emotional empathy after multimodal psychodynamic psychotherapy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  de Greck, Moritz ^a,b   Bölter, Annette F ^c   Lehmann, Lisa ^d   Ulrich, Cornelia ^e   Stockum, Eva ^c   Enzi, Björn ^f   Hoffmann, Thilo ^e   Tempelmann, Claus ^c   Beutel, Manfred ^a   Frommer, Jörg ^c   Northoff, Georg ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Bielefeld   (Germany)

^e Department of Psychotherapeutic Medicine ^*  (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional empathy; FMRI; Psychodynamic; Psychotherapy; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84933671017     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00410     Document Type: Article

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