Alexithymia and cortisol awakening response in people with eating disorders

Introduction Alexithymia, that is the inability to recognize and describe one’s own emotions, is a transdiagnostic feature across eating disorders (EDs) and it has been associated to a prolonged stress exposure. Objectives Therefore, we evaluated whether alexithymia affects the hypothalamus-pitu...

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Main Authors: G. Cascino, A.M. Monteleone, F. Marciello, V. Ruzzi, F. Pellegrino, P. Monteleone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821003266/type/journal_article