... Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy Somatoform disorders Somatization Somatic symptom disorders Medically unexplained symptoms Functional somatic disorders Emotion Alexithymia Functional somatic disorders (FSDs) are a collection of conditions with distressing symptoms related...

... System. Results: Contrasting the high-alexithymic with the low-alexithymic group we observed increased activation of the supragenual ACC for different emotional valences as well as for different emotional stimuli. Moreover, there was a positive correlation of the ACC with the individual TAS-20 scores...

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..., for example essential hypertension. Hypothesis Based on the findings of Alexander [ 17] and Zander et al. [ 16], we wanted to clarify whether patients with essen­ tial hypertension exhibit typical reactive patterns of blood pressure and heart rate in specific emotionally meaningful situations during...

... Cessation Key Words Alexithymia Negative affect Emotion Depression Smoking Nicotine dependence Smoking cessation Abstract Alexithymia is associated with substance abuse and may inter­ fere with successful psychotherapy. Alexithymia s relation to smoking, nicotine dependence, and smoking cessation therapy...

...Howard Berenbaum The goal of this study was to further our understanding of the relationship between the ability to identify one’s emotions and the kinds of emotion arousing experiences that people prefer. One hundred and eighty-six undergraduate students completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale...

...Irena Heszen-Niejodek; Louis A. Gottschalk; Maciej Januszek Background: Somatic illness and its consequences evoke strong emotions of various kinds. They may affect the course of illness and the treatment results through their physiological components. The purpose of the study was to explore...

...L.G. Sobrinho Patients with hyperprolactinemia often present with emotional difficulties. These occasionally persist even after successful treatment. Insight into the roots of their diseased state makes a difference in the handling of all cases, but becomes crucial in the not-so-rare situations...