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12218885

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Alexithymia is a term introduced by Sifneos in 1973 to describe, initially in psychosomatic patients, the inability to recognize and to express emotions. Since 1973, alexithymia has been also described in alcohol dependence. A review of these studies is proposed with the results of our study from the INSERM network "Dependence". Prevalence of alexithymia is high in alcoholic patients, between 40 and 60%. Some authors have found that alexithymia predicted poor outcome in these patients. The distinction between primary and secondary alexithymia and the relationships between depression and alexithymia are complex. The psychodynamic hypothesis that alexithymia could hold a central position secondary to early dysfunction in the construction of the psychic and somatic self can be put forward. In some circumstances, regression to this position, even after transient addictive filling-in, could lead to essential depression and to psychosomatic disease.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1S51-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[Alexithymia and alcohol dependence].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent et de Psychiatrie Générale (Pr Moro), CHU Avicenne (AP-HP), Université Paris-13, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny. otaieb@club-internet.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Meta-Analysis