Alexithymia, resilience, somatic sensations and their relationships with suicide ideation in drug naïve patients with first-episode major depression: An exploratory study in the “real world” everyday clinical practice

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 336-342

  De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Fornaro, Michele ^c,d   Valchera, Alessandro ^d,e,f   Rapini, Gabriella ^a   Di Natale, Serena ^a   De Lauretis, Ida ^b   Serroni, Nicola ^b   Orsolini, Laura ^d,e,f   Tomasetti, Carmine ^c   Bustini, Massimiliano ^g   Carano, Alessandro ^h   Vellante, Federica ^b   Perna, Giampaolo ^g,i,j   Core, Laura ^k   Alessandrini, Marco ^b   Fraticelli, Silvia ^b   Martinotti, Giovanni ^b   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^b  

^a Mazzini Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Polyedra   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Hermanas Hospitalarias   (Italy)

^g University School of Medicine “Federico II” ^*  (Italy)

^h UO Pronto Soccorso e Medicina d'Urgenza   (Italy)

ⁱ MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k ASL 4   (Italy)

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Author keywords

alexithymia; emotions; major depression; resilience; suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BODY SENSATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL VARIABLE; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV-TR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE OF SUICIDE IDEATION; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC SENSATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SENSATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85070711472     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12863     Document Type: Article

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