Alexithymia and Depressed Mood in the Psychiatric Patient

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

doi:10.1159/000288373

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“…Earlier studies have shown [42]that low life satisfaction is associated with such factors as depression and poor social support. Similar findings have been reported by Wise et al [12]in a study of heterogeneous psychiatric patients. Nevertheless, the cross-sectional design used in this study does not enable the impact of life satisfaction to be more specifically evaluated.…”

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“…In previous studies, the prevalence of alexithymia in psychiatric patients has varied between 11 and 48% [7, 12, 17, 20, 28, 36]. A higher prevalence (48%) has been noted in substance abusers [4], whereas in the general population alexithymia seems to be less common, usually under 20% [13, 28].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There has also been some debate as to whether alexithymia and depression represent distinct or overlapping constructs [8, 10]. Research findings have been contradictory, with studies both supporting a loose, overlapping association between depression and alexithymia [4, 8], as well as indicating alexithymia to be either a stable personality construct [11, 12]or a condition distinct and separate from depression [10]. …”

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Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Honkalampi

Saarinen

Hintikka

et al. 1999

Psychother Psychosom

127

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Background: We studied the factors associated with alexithymia in 137 depressed outpatients. Methods: Diagnosis of depression was confirmed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Alexithymia was screened using the 20-item version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Severity of depression was assessed using the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory, and other psychiatric symptoms with the help of the Symptoms Checklist (SCL-90). Life satisfaction was also assessed with a structured scale. Results: Almost half of the patients were considered alexithymic. They were significantly more often male, unmarried and had a lower education than the nonalexithymic patients. Alexithymic patients more often showed psychiatric symptoms (SCL-90) and were also more often severely depressed and dissatisfied with their life than were the other patients. Logistic regression analyses revealed that four factors were independently associated with alexithymia: male gender, a low level of education, low life satisfaction and severe depression. Sleep disturbances were independently associated with alexithymia in men and severe depression in women. Conclusions: Alexithymia is very common among patients with depressive disorder. An awareness of these risk factors would be useful in improving the efficacy of treatment.

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Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Honkalampi

Saarinen

Hintikka

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Psychother Psychosom

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“…E-mail: AnaCatarinaNS@gmail.com ligado a este grupo de transtornos, tornou-se rapidamente evidente que a alexitimia estava presente num largo espectro de perturbações, tais como: perturbações alimentares (e.g., Bourke, Taylor, Parker, & Bagby, 1992;Merino, Godas, & Pombo, 2002;Petterson, 2004), abuso e dependência de substâncias (e.g., Gomez, Eizaguirre, & Aresti, 1997;Haviland, Hendryx, Shaw, & Henry 1994;Speranza et al, 2004;Uzun, 2003), perturbações de ansiedade e depressão (e.g., Wise, Mann, & Hill, 1990;Zeitlan & McNally, 1993) e perturbação de pós-stress traumático (e.g., Hyer, Woods, & Boudewyns, 1991;Krystal, 1979). A investigação sugere ainda uma relação entre alexitimia e perturbações da personalidade, verificando-se uma associação com as perturbações anti-sociais, narcísicas e borderline (Sifneos, 1973;Taylor, 2000;Zlotnick, Mattia, & Zimmerman, 2001).…”

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“…Apesar dos vários estudos que demonstram a existência de uma elevada prevalência de pacientes com funcionamento alexitímico na população clínica -superior a 32.7% em pacientes psiquiátricos de ambulatório, cerca de 47.3% em pacientes internados (Todarello, Taylor, Parker, & Fanelli, 1995;Wise et al, 1990) e acima dos 60% em pacientes com pós stress traumático (Zeitlan & McNally, 1993) -muitas vezes esta dimensão não é tida em conta na intervenção psicoterapêutica. Ogrodniczuk (2007) chamou recentemente a atenção para a questão de que, ao longo dos anos, a investigação sobre este constructo se centrou mais na etiologia, descurando a investigação relativa a formas de intervir em contexto terapêutico.…”

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Quando o cliente pensa que não sente e sente o que não pensa: Alexitimia e psicoterapia

Silva

Vasco

Watson³

2013

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É repetidamente referido na literatura que pacientes alexitímicos têm piores resultados em psicoterapia. Tendo como referência que as características associadas ao conceito de alexitimia reflectem défices ao nível do processamento emocional, não só ao nível da regulação emocional, mas também dos processos subjacentes, como a consciência e a experienciação emocionais e a expressão e a diferenciação emocional, sugere-se que com pacientes com funcionamento alexitímico seja necessário um maior enfoque terapêutico ao nível das tarefas emocionais. Neste trabalho salientamos as dificuldades que podem ocorrer ao nível da aliança terapêutica e discutem-se as implicações para as tomadas de decisão clínica. Através de uma análise crítica da literatura apontamos a importância de ter em conta esta dimensão na conceptualização de caso, no sentido de antecipar dificuldades ao nível da relação terapêutica e de se optar por objectivos mais focados nos processos subjacentes à alexitimia do que nas suas consequências.Palavras-chave: Alexitimia, Processos emocionais, Psicoterapia, Relação terapêutica. "As emoções são intermináveis. Quanto mais as exprimimos, mais maneiras temos de as exprimir." (Edward Organ Forster)O conceito alexitimia tem sido amplamente estudado, sendo as características que compõem o mesmo de extrema relevância no processo terapêutico. Ao longo deste artigo refletimos acerca das vivências emocionais de pacientes com características alexitímicas e quais as suas implicações para o processo terapêutico. Pretende-se repensar a alexitimia em termos de processos psicológicos específicos, de forma a melhorar a intervenção junto de pacientes com este tipo de funcionamento. ALEXITIMIAAlexitimia etimologicamente significa "sem palavras para os sentimentos" (Sifneos, 1973). Deriva do Grego e do Latim -Sem ("a") palavras ("lexus") para emoções ("thymus"). O termo foi inicialmente usado por Sifneos (1973) para designar um grupo de características cognitivas e afectivas típicas de pacientes com patologia somática. Apesar de ter sido um conceito inicialmente Este trabalho recebeu apoio da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia -SFRH/BD/65066/2009).A correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para:

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Does emotion matter? The role of alexithymia in violent recidivism: A systematic literature review

Leshem

Lieshout

Ben‐David

et al. 2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background Several variables have been evidenced for their association with violent reoffending. Resultant interventions have been suggested, yet the rate of recidivism remains high. Alexithymia, characterised by deficits in emotion processing and verbal expression, might interact with these other risk factors to affect outcomes. Aim Our goal was to examine the role of alexithymia as a possible moderator of risk factors for violent offender recidivism. Our hypothesis was that, albeit with other risk factors, alexithymia increases the risk of violent reoffending. Method We conducted a systematic literature review, using terms for alexithymia and violent offending and their intersection. Results (a) No study that directly tests the role of alexithymia in conjunction with other potential risk factors for recidivism and actual violent recidivism was uncovered. (b) Primarily alexithymia researchers and primarily researchers into violence have separately found several clinical features in common between aspects of alexithymia and violence, such as impulsivity (total n = 24 studies). (c) Other researchers have established a relationship between alexithymia and both dynamic and static risk factors for violent recidivism (n = 16 studies). Conclusion Alexithymia may be a possible moderator of risk of violent offence recidivism. Supplementing offenders' rehabilitation efforts with assessments of alexithymia may assist in designing individually tailored interventions to promote desistance among violent offenders.

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Alexithymia and Depressed Mood in the Psychiatric Patient

Cited by 59 publications

References 18 publications

Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Quando o cliente pensa que não sente e sente o que não pensa: Alexitimia e psicoterapia

Does emotion matter? The role of alexithymia in violent recidivism: A systematic literature review

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