Alexithymia, Fear of Bodily Sensations, and Somatosensory Amplification in Young Outpatients With Panic Disorder Export

@article{citeulike:1277893, abstract = {To elucidate the relationships between alexithymia, fear of bodily sensations, and somatosensory amplification in young patients with panic disorder (PD), authors evaluated 84 patients. Measures were the Panic Attack and Anticipatory Anxiety Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Body Sensations Questionnaire (BSQ), the Somatosensory Amplification Scale, the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire (ACQ), and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Alexithymic patients showed higher scores on all rating scales. Higher BSQ and ACQ scores, together with the Difficulty in Identifying Feelings and Difficulty in Describing Feelings subscales of the TAS-20 were predictors of severity of PD. Results of the present study do not support a direct role of somatosensory amplification in PD. Authors discuss study limitations and future research needs. 10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239}, author = {Berardis, Domenico D. and Campanella, Daniela and Gambi, Francesco and Rovere, Raffaella L. and Sepede, Gianna and Core, Laura and Canfora, Gianferruccio and Santilli, Eustachio and Valchera, Alessandro and Mancini, Enrico and Salerno, Rosa M. and Moschetta, Francesco S. and Ferro, Filippo M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1277893}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/239}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17478593}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17478593}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239}, journal = {Psychosomatics}, keywords = {consult\_liason, neuropsychology, panic\_disorder}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {239--246}, posted-at = {2007-05-04 20:40:04}, priority = {3}, title = {Alexithymia, Fear of Bodily Sensations, and Somatosensory Amplification in Young Outpatients With Panic Disorder}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239}, volume = {48}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1277893 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1277893 N2 - To elucidate the relationships between alexithymia, fear of bodily sensations, and somatosensory amplification in young patients with panic disorder (PD), authors evaluated 84 patients. Measures were the Panic Attack and Anticipatory Anxiety Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Body Sensations Questionnaire (BSQ), the Somatosensory Amplification Scale, the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire (ACQ), and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Alexithymic patients showed higher scores on all rating scales. Higher BSQ and ACQ scores, together with the Difficulty in Identifying Feelings and Difficulty in Describing Feelings subscales of the TAS-20 were predictors of severity of PD. Results of the present study do not support a direct role of somatosensory amplification in PD. Authors discuss study limitations and future research needs. 10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239 IS - 3 JF - Psychosomatics EP - 246 TI - Alexithymia, Fear of Bodily Sensations, and Somatosensory Amplification in Young Outpatients With Panic Disorder VL - 48 SP - 239 KW - consult_liason KW - neuropsychology KW - panic_disorder AU - Berardis, Domenico AU - Campanella, Daniela AU - Gambi, Francesco AU - Rovere, Raffaella AU - Sepede, Gianna AU - Core, Laura AU - Canfora, Gianferruccio AU - Santilli, Eustachio AU - Valchera, Alessandro AU - Mancini, Enrico AU - Salerno, Rosa AU - Moschetta, Francesco AU - Ferro, Filippo PY - 2007/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.48.3.239 ER -