Cognitive alexithymia is associated with the degree of risk for psychosis.

Alexithymia is a personality construct denoting emotion processing problems. It has been suggested to encompass two dimensions: a cognitive and affective dimension. The cognitive dimension is characterized by difficulties in identifying, verbalizing and analyzing emotions, while the affective dimens...

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Main Authors: Jorien van der Velde, Marte Swart, Sophie van Rijn, Lisette van der Meer, Lex Wunderink, Durk Wiersma, Lydia Krabbendam, Richard Bruggeman, André Aleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4451258?pdf=render