Facial emotion recognition and alexithymia in adults with somatoform disorders

Title : Facial Emotion Recognition and Alexithymia in Adults with

Alexithymia in somatoform and depressive disorders.

OBJECTIVE Alexithymia and its association with attribution styles, amplification and illness attitudes was studied among subjects with somatoform disorders, depressive disorders and normal subjects. METHODS Two groups of 30 subjects each, bearing diagnoses of somatoform disorder and depressive disorder respectively (ICD-10 DCR), and one group of 30 normal controls were recruited. The study su...

Title: The Relationship Between Alexithymia and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Somatoform Disorders Running Head: Alexithymia, Cortisol and Somatoform Disorders Authors:

2 Neuroendocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine Innenstadt, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Ziemssenstr.1, 80036 Munich, Germany. 3 Psychology Group, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK; United Kingdom. 4 Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Hospital, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germ...

Investigation of facial emotion recognition, alexithymia, and levels of anxiety and depression in patients with somatic symptoms and related disorders

BACKGROUND The concept of facial emotion recognition is well established in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Although emotional disturbances are strongly associated with somatoform disorders, there are a restricted number of studies that have investigated facial emotion recognition in somatoform disorders. Furthermore, there have been no studies that have regarded this issue using the new di...

Alexithymia, emotion processing and social anxiety in adults with ADHD

OBJECTIVE given sparse research on the issue, this study sought to shed light upon the interactions of alexithymia, emotion processing, and social anxiety in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS 73 German adults with ADHD according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria participated. We used the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) to assess alexithymia, the ...