Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6081827 | General Hospital Psychiatry | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The results indicate that DCPR alexithymia is associated with a comorbid mood or anxiety disorder in about one third of cases; it is related to various forms of somatization and abnormal illness behavior in another third and may occur without psychiatric comorbidity in another subgroup. Identification of alexithymic features may entail major prognostic and therapeutic differences among medical patients who otherwise seem to be deceptively similar since they share the same psychiatric and/or medical diagnosis.
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Authors
Piero Ph.D., Jenny Ph.D., Laura Ph.D., Silvana M.D., Luigi M.D., Fedra Ph.D., Paolo M.D., Angelo M.D., Chiara M.D., Ph.D., Marco M.D., Nicoletta M.D., Giovanni Andrea M.D.,