Alexithymia, Masked Depression and Loss in a Holocaust Survivor

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of psychiatry 1989-05, Vol.154 (5), p.708-710
1. Verfasser:	Fisch, Robert Z.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Affective Symptoms - psychology Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Concentration Camps Depression Depressive Disorder - psychology Female Follow-Up Studies Grief Humans Imipramine - therapeutic use Jews - psychology Medical sciences Middle Aged Mood disorders Personality Development Personality Tests Prisons Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Somatoform Disorders - psychology Survival - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0007-1250 1472-1465
DOI:	10.1192/bjp.154.5.708