The alexithymia, emotion regulation, emotion regulation difficulties, positive and negative affects, and suicidal risk in alcohol-dependent outpatients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 252, Issue , 2017, Pages 223-230

  Ghorbani, Fatemeh ^a   Khosravani, Vahid ^b   Sharifi Bastan, Farangis ^b   Jamaati Ardakani, Razieh ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Ardakan University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependent outpatients; Alexithymia; Difficulties in emotion regulation; Emotion regulation; Positive and negative affects; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THINKING; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; AFFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014756840     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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