Book contents
- Alexithymia
- Alexithymia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I History, Assessment, and Cultural Shaping of Alexithymia
- Part II Emotion and Cognitive Processing
- Part III Clinical Issues and Somatic and Psychiatric Pathology
- Part IV Biological Considerations
- Part V Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 18 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Conclusions and Future Directions
from Part V - Concluding Remarks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2018
Book contents
- Alexithymia
- Alexithymia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I History, Assessment, and Cultural Shaping of Alexithymia
- Part II Emotion and Cognitive Processing
- Part III Clinical Issues and Somatic and Psychiatric Pathology
- Part IV Biological Considerations
- Part V Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 18 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Index
- References
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- AlexithymiaAdvances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice, pp. 335 - 347Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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