Alexithymia, suicide ideation, affective temperaments and homocysteine levels in drug naïve patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: an exploratory study in the everyday ‘real world’ clinical practice

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 83-87

  De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Vellante, Federica ^b   Fornaro, Michele ^c,d   Anastasia, Annalisa ^c   Olivieri, Luigi ^a   Rapini, Gabriella ^a   Serroni, Nicola ^a   Orsolini, Laura ^d,e   Valchera, Alessandro ^d,f   Carano, Alessandro ^g   Tomasetti, Carmine ^h   Varasano, Paola Annunziata ^a   Pressanti, Gabriella Lucidi ^a   Bustini, Massimiliano ⁱ   Pompili, Maurizio ^j   Serafini, Gianluca ^k   Perna, Giampaolo ^l,m,n   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 NHS   (Italy)

^h Hospital SS Annunziata ASL   (Italy)

ⁱ San Camillo Del Lellis Hospital ASL Rieti   (Italy)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l Department of Clinical Neurosciences   (Italy)

^m MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alexithymia; feelings; homocysteine; post traumatic stress disorder; suicide ideation; temperaments

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS, PISA, PARIS AND SAN DIEGO; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 85076812861     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651501.2019.1699575     Document Type: Article

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