ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2019
A History of the Alexithymia Concept and Its Explanatory Models: An Epistemological Perspective.
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- Anxiety, depression and acromegaly: a systematic review.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Pooled it
- The mediating effect of alexithymia in the symptom burden and depression in patients with maintenance hemodialysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Functional Neurological Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex and Potentially Significant Relationship.Brain and behavior · 2024Review
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- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Psychopathology, Uncertainty and Alexithymia: A Clinical and Differential Exploratory Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of rational emotive behavior therapy on alexithymia, anxiety, depression and sleep quality of older people in nursing homes: a quasi-experimental study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Alexithymia Among People Living with HIV: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Alexithymia and asthma: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Disentangling interoceptive abilities in alexithymia.Psychological research · 2022Article
- Hormonal abnormalities in alexithymia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Impact of Alexithymia on the Lipid Profile in Major Depressed Individuals.Journal of lipids · 2022Article
- [Common foundation of alexithymia and expressive suppression].Psychotherapeut · 2022Article
- Frontotemporal Dementia: A Window to Alexithymia.The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2021Article
- How Does Our Brain Generate Sexual Pleasure?International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2021Article
- Alexithymia in Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Alexithymia Is Associated with Reduced Quality of Life and Increased Caregiver Burden in Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Alexithymia, as a theoretical psychotherapeutic construct, finds its origins in psychosomatic medicine, actually being quite old. However, beyond the specific observations and case studies, their characterization and systematization is relatively recent. However, from an epistemological point of view, it remains the subject of debate and therefore remains outside the conventional diagnostic guidelines. Possibly, its history, closely linked to psychoanalysis, as well as the lack of clear empirical references, has turned the alexithymia construct before into a good descriptive and comprehensive framework than in a precise diagnostic model. In this article it is, following the thread conduits of the historical perspective, to deepen these epistemological aspects.
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