Impact of alexithymia on treatment outcome: a naturalistic study of short-term cognitive-behavioral group therapy for panic disorder.

  • Michael Rufer
  • Renate Albrecht
  • Johanna Zaum
  • Ulrich Schnyder
  • Christoph Mueller-Pfeiffer
  • Iver Hand
  • Oliver Schmidt

Abstract

It is often suggested in the literature that alexithymic patients are less responsive to psychotherapy than nonalexithymic patients. However, few empirical studies have examined this issue. Furthermore, it is unclear whether or not alexithymia itself may improve during psychotherapy.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number3
ISSN0254-4962
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20197710