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A preliminary investigation of alexithymia in men with psychoactive substance dependence
G J Taylor1, J D Parker, R M Bagby
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
The prevalence of alexithymia in a group of newly abstinent male substance abusers (N = 44) was 50%. The alexithymic patients had significantly less ego strength and repressive defensive behavior and significantly higher levels of somatic complaints and general dysphoria.