Alexithymia, suicide risk and serum lipid levels among adult outpatients with panic disorder
| Autor: | Giuseppe Di Iorio, Francesco Saverio Moschetta, Fabiola Di Emidio, Chiara Conti, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Domenico De Berardis, Alberto Siracusano, Alessandro Carano, Nicola Serroni, Giovanni Martinotti, T. Acciavatti, Daniela Campanella |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult
Male Risk medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics lcsh:RC435-571 Poison control Suicide prevention Suicidal Ideation Toronto Alexithymia Scale Alexithymia Rating scale lcsh:Psychiatry Outpatients medicine Humans Affective Symptoms Psychiatry Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria Psychiatric Status Rating Scales medicine.diagnostic_test Panic disorder Panic medicine.disease Lipids Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Suicide Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale Panic Disorder Female medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 54, Iss 5, Pp 517-522 (2013) |
| Popis: | To elucidate the relationships between alexithymia, suicide ideation and serum lipid levels in drug-naive adult outpatients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of Panic Disorder (PD), 72 patients were evaluated. Measures were the Panic Attack and Anticipatory Anxiety Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Scale of Suicide Ideation (SSI) and the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Alexithymic patients showed higher scores on all rating scales and altered serum lipid levels than non-alexithymics. In the hierarchical regression model, the presence of lower HDL-C and higher VLDL-C levels and Difficulty in Identifying Feelings dimension of TAS-20 were associated with higher suicide ideation. In conclusion, alexithymic individuals with PD may show a cholesterol dysregulation that may be linked to suicide ideation. The authors discuss study limitations and future research needs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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