Interpersonal problems in alexithymia: A review

Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders: From Research to Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-176

  Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Inslegers, Ruth ^a   Meganck, Reitske ^a   Ooms, Els ^a   Desmet, Mattias ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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