The relationship between sensory processing patterns, alexithymia, traumatic childhood experiences, and quality of life among patients with unipolar and bipolar disorders

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-50

  Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Gonda, Xenia ^b,c   Pompili, Maurizio ^d   Rihmer, Zoltan ^b   Amore, Mario ^a   Engel Yeger, Batya ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Childhood traumatic experiences; Major affective disorders; Quality of life; Sensory processing disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT ADULT SENSORY PROFILE; ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 12; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992484383     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.09.013     Document Type: Article

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