Body-image correlates of anxiety in a sample of male alcoholics.
Body-image testing of 10 male alcoholics with and 7 without anxiety disorders showed those with panic disorder had low barrier scores. Those with phobias emphasized their hearts and those with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder emphasized their backs. The barrier score correlated positively with both intensity of physical symptoms and with sense of blocked body openings.
Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
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