Alexithymia
Advances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice
Published on 27. September 2018
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-1-108-41664-1 (ISBN)
Description
Alexithymia is a personality trait characterised by difficulty identifying and describing subjective emotional feelings, a restricted imagination, and an externally oriented style of thinking. Individuals with high levels of this trait are at risk of developing several common psychiatric disorders. The concept of alexithymia has evolved considerably over the past twenty years, and this important new work responds to the need for a definitive book on the subject. The research, theory and clinical issues surrounding alexithymia are discussed in depth, examining the psychological, biological and social aspects of the construct and their related outcomes. Featuring contributions from researchers and clinicians in the field of emotion processing and regulation, chapters include methods for assessing and reducing alexithymia, and research findings from diverse fields of scientific enquiry including genetics, neuroimaging studies, emotion regulation, attachment and trauma research, and comorbidities with a number of psychiatric and medical disorders.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1031 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-41664-1 (9781108416641)
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Olivier Luminet | R. Michael Bagby | Graeme J. Taylor
Alexithymia
Advances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice
E-Book
09/2018
Cambridge University Press
€70.99
Available for download
Persons
Olivier Luminet is research director at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research, Full Professor in the Psychology Department, Universite Catholique de Louvain and the current president of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences. He has published widely on alexithymia since 1999, including more than forty papers in international journals. R. Michael Bagby is a Full Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Chair of the Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science at the University of Toronto. He recently received an award from the American Psychological Association for lifetime contributions to assessment psychology; he has published widely in the areas of personality, psychopathology and psychological assessment. Graeme Taylor is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has conducted research on the alexithymia construct since 1980 and has published widely in this field.
Content
List of contributors; Foreword; Preface Mark A. Lumley; Acknowledgements; Part I. History, Assessment, and Cultural Shaping of Alexithymia: 1. History of alexithymia: the contributions of psychoanalysis Graeme J. Taylor; 2. Assessment of the alexithymia construct Angela Sekely, R. Michael Bagby and Piero Porcelli; 3. The cultural shaping of alexithymia Andrew Ryder, Momoka Sunohara, Jessica Dere and Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton; Part II. Emotion and Cognitive Processing: 4. Emotion knowledge and emotion regulation in alexithymia Olivier Luminet and Giorgia Zamariola; 5. Memory and executive functions in alexithymia Nicolas Vermeulen, Irena Domachowska and Kristy A. Nielson; 6. Language processing in alexithymia Carlotta Welding and Dalya Samur; Part III. Clinical Issues and Somatic and Psychiatric Pathology: 7. Alexithymia and physical illness Piero Porcelli and Graeme J. Taylor; 8. Attachment, trauma, and alexithymia Adriano Schimmenti and Vincenzo Caretti; 9. Relations between alexithymia and depressive and anxiety disorders and personality Kirsi Honkalampi, Domenico De Berardis, Federica Vellante and Heimo Viinamaeki; 10. Alexithymia and maladaptive regulatory behaviors in substance use disorders and eating disorders Kristen P. Morie and Nathan Ridout; 11. Social and interpersonal implications of alexithymia Delphine Grynberg, Sylvie Berthoz and Geoffrey Bird; 12. Therapeutic issues John S. Ogrodniczuk, David Kealy, George A. Hadjipavlou and Kristjana Cameron; Part IV. Biological Considerations: 13. Neuroimaging studies of alexithymia Katharina S. Goerlich and Andre Aleman; 14. Electrophysiology of alexithymia Katharina S. Goerlich; 15. Genetic factors and endocrine and immune system functioning associated with alexithymia Michiko Kano, Hans Joergen Grabe and Jan Terock; 16. Processing emotions in alexithymia: a systematic review of physiological markers Georgia Panayiotou, Maria Panteli and Elke Vlemincx; 17. Alexithymia and body awareness Olga Pollatos and Beate M. Herbert; 18. Conclusions and future directions Graeme J. Taylor, R. Michael Bagby and Olivier Luminet; Index.