Alexithymia and Psychological Distress in Patients With Fibromyalgia and Rheumatic Disease
BackgroundFibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic rheumatologic disease characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and other psychopathological symptoms which have a negative impact on patients’ quality of life. FMS is frequently associated with alexithymia, a multidimensional construct chara...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01735/full |