Alexithymia and depressed mood in the psychiatric patient

Bethanne Hill; Lee S. Mann; Thomas N. Wise

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Alexithymia and depressed mood in the psychiatric patient

Bethanne Hill, Lee S. Mann, Thomas N. Wise

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26-31
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Volume	54
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000288373
State	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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