Affect School for chronic benign pain patients showed improved alexithymia assessments with TAS-20

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Alexithymia is a disturbance associated with psychosomatic disorders, pain syndromes, and a variety of psychiatric disorders. The Affect School (AS) based on Tomkins Affect Theory is a therapy focusing on innate affects and their phy...

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Main Authors: Thulesius Hans O, Melin Eva O, Persson Bengt A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Online Access:http://www.bpsmedicine.com/content/4/1/5