The neuropathological changes resulting from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
infection may manifest in alexithymia (AL), a multidimensional trait characterized by …

Alexithymia, an impairment of affective and cognitive emotional processing, is often
associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and may reflect effects of the virus on …

Despite extensive psychiatric research on HIV-positive patients, there are no published
studies on alexithymia. Alexithymic characteristics and related factors were examined in a …

Psychosocial function and adherence to antiretroviral regimen are key factors in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease management. Alexithymia (AL) is a trait deficit in the …

The present scoping review aimed to identify studies that investigated alexithymia, defined
as a difficulty in identifying and describing one's own emotions, in people living with HIV …

Although alexithymia is found in patients with various somatic disorders, it is unclear
whether alexithymia is related to organic disease, or just to illness behavior. In 2 studies of …

SUMMARY non-alexithymic. About 30%(n= 41) of HIV-positive patients met criteria for
asymptomatic HAND. Alexithymia was not independently associated with a higher risk of …

Alexithymia refers to difficulty in identifying and expressing one's emotions, and it is related
to disturbed emotional regulation. It was originally proposed as a personality trait that plays …

Objective: To review neurobiological studies of alexithymia in order to achieve a better
understanding of the relationship between alexithymia and psychosomatic diseases and …

Alexithymia, or the inability to identify and describe one's emotions, is significantly higher in
bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ), compared to healthy controls (HC) …