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Raul F Palma-Álvarez1, Constanza Daigre1, Elena Ros-Cucurull1
1Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addiction, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM). Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Alexithymia is highly prevalent in patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and has been implied in SUD pathogenesis and treatment outcomes. However, the psychometric properties of the most-used instrument for evaluating alexithymia (the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TAS-20) have been scarcely studied in relation to SUD patients.
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