Background: New research suggests that, rather than representing a core feature of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional processing difficulties reflect co-occurring alexithymia …

The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised,
with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans …

Interoception refers to the perception of the physiological condition of the body, including
hunger, temperature, and heart rate. There is a growing appreciation that interoception is …

Depression affects around 4–10% of the general population in England. Depression can
often lead to behaviors and thoughts related to suicide and aggression, which have a social …

Patients with depression exhibit high rates of alexithymia, representing a major public health
concern. We sought to examine relationships between depression severity and alexithymia …

Emotional eating, generally defined as (over)-eating in response to negative emotions, has
been associated with poor physical and psychological outcomes. During a time of …

Objective The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the use of the Toronto
Alexithymia Scale (TAS) in eating disorder populations and Healthy Controls (HCs) and to …

Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying and describing one's emotions. Growing evidence
suggests that alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor. Despite its clinical importance …

Objective: Even though the association between alexithymia and somatization seems
plausible according to several studies with selected populations, it has not been verified in …

OBJECTIVES: There is an ongoing debate concerning the temporal stability of alexithymia.
Most previous studies have been conducted on clinical populations of psychiatric and …