8/16/2023 0 Comments Dominating conversation disorder![]() Results: Prevalence of alexithymia was found to be very high in patients with somatoform disorder (64%) as compared to chronic physical illness (36%). Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 23.0. Toronto Alexithymia Scale (26 items) was applied on both groups after obtaining informed consent. Group I consisted of 30 patients diagnosed as somatoform disorder using ICD-10 and group II consisted of 30 patients with chronic physical illness which were selected after matching with first group. Methods: This cross sectional observation study was conducted in northeast India. Considering these fact, we compared alexithymia in patients with somatoform disorders and chronic physical illness. Again chronic physical disorders are also influenced by emotional factors and vice-versa. Thus, working on identifying and dealing with these emotions in the psychotherapeutic sessions can be beneficial for the people with Somatoform Disorders.īackground: It has been found that patients with somatoform disorders commonly have difficulties in recognizing and expressing their emotions, which plays important role in treatment outcome. It was concluded with the results that feelings and emotions of Anxiety, Jealousy, Inferiority, Fear, Dejection, Anger and Pity predominate in the persons with Somatoform Disorders and they are lower on feelings and emotions of Love and Affection, Confidence and Independence as compared to the healthy individuals. A cross-sectional research design was used and the results indicated a significant difference in the feelings and emotions of Anxiety, Confidence, Fear, Dejection and Pity among both the groups. Twenty individuals with Somatoform Disorders and twenty healthy individuals were taken as a purposive sample (N=40) and screened through Somatic Symptoms Scale-8 and then assessed on Thematic Apperception Test. The aim of the current study was to assess the dominating feelings and emotions in persons with Somatoform Disorders using Thematic Apperception Test. ![]()
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