title: Alexithymia and depressed mood in the psychiatric patient.
abstract: The relationship between depressed mood and alexithymia, measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) was investigated in a group of psychiatric inpatients (n = 81) and outpatients (n = 97). In both cohorts correlations between the TAS and obsessoid personality style were significant when controlled for mood. The obsessoid style, measured by the Hysteroid-Obsessoid Scale was the most powerful predictor of alexithymia in regression models for each cohort. These data suggest that alexithymia is not a function of depression in such psychiatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests