Alexithymia: comparison with a patient's concept of the genesis of his disease and its relationship with depression.
The results of a three-direction investigation of the alexithymic phenomenon are presented. The first part of the investigation is a reduplication study of the first research of alexithymia; the second is devoted to the problem of relationship between depression and psychosomatic diseases. The relationship between the frequency of alexithymic responses in a particular psychosomatic patient and the concept which the patient himself has of the genesis of his disease represent the third part of the investigation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology