Alexithymia- A psychosomatic illness

Journal Title: International Scientific Research Organization Journal - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

Alexithymia caught the consideration of numerous therapists and analysts all through the world. Specifically, during the previous 10 to 15 years, a significant assemblage of hypothesis and research has developed on the point. While around 120 articles were published on alexithymia by the mid-1980s, a current hunt of the Psycinfo database uncovered well more than 700 diary articles on alexithymia. Numerous researches have demonstrated that alexithymia is interrelated with a variety of symptomatic complaints including depression and anxiety, somatic complaints, hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, somatoform disorders, panic disorder and eating disorders.

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Nida Tabassum Khan

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  • EP ID EP312555
  • DOI 10.23958/isroj/vol03-i01/01
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Nida Tabassum Khan (2018). Alexithymia- A psychosomatic illness. International Scientific Research Organization Journal, 3(1), 1-8. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-312555