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

Alexithymia and Interleukin Variations in Somatoform Disorder Running Title: Alexithymia and Interleukin Variations in Somatoform Disorder Authors

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...

A controlled study of alexithymia in adolescent patients with persistent somatoform pain disorder.

OBJECTIVE To study the differences in levels of alexithymia, depression, and anxiety between a sample of adolescents diagnosed with ICD-10 persistent somatoform pain disorder (defined by the DSM-IV as a pain disorder associated with psychological factors) and healthy adolescent control subjects. METHOD Using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, we inves...

Author’s response to reviews Title: Depression differed by midnight cortisol secretion, alexithymia and anxiety between diabetes types: a cross sectional comparison Authors: Eva.O

P 2, line 26-28: I appreciate that you've modified the aim, which is now a lot clearer, but perhaps rephrase to "The aim was to compare the clinical presentation of T1D and T2D patients in relation to self-reported depression, self-reported anxiety, alexithymia ...etc." Answer: The aim was to compare the clinical presentation of T1D and T2D patients in relation to self-reported depression, self...

مقایسه آلکسی‌تایمیا در بیماران (قلبی، کلیوی) و افراد سالم (پرستاران، دانشجویان)

Alexithymia is a personality construct that is known as a risk factor for a range of psychiatric, medical and somatoform disorders. This study was done with aim of Comparing Alexithymia between patients (cardiac, renal) and healthy subjects (nurses, students). This comparative cross-sectional study was done in a sample of 878 people from cardiovascular patients, kidney patients, nurses and coll...