Shitsu-taikan-sho (alexisomia): a historical review and its clinical importance

Abstract “Shitsu-taikan-sho” is a clinical concept that refers to characteristics of having difficulty in the awareness and expression of somatic feelings or sensations. This concept was first proposed in 1979 by Dr. Yujiro Ikemi, the founder of psychosomatic medicine in Japan, as a characteristic o...

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Main Author: Takakazu Oka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13030-020-00193-9