Alexithymia, Masked Depression and Loss in a Holocaust Survivor
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 154 (5) , 708-710
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.154.5.708
Abstract
A woman who suffered multiple losses in childhood and adolescence became depressed 40 years later, after a series of new losses. Concomitant alexithymic features caused a masking of her depression by somatic symptoms. The relationships between alexithymia, masked depression and loss are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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