Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 269-273, March 2010

Is alexithymia a risk factor for major depression, personality disorder, or alcohol use disorders? A prospective population-based study

  • Kirsi Honkalampi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Kuopio Psychiatric Center, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kuopio Psychiatric Center 3731, Kuopio City, Kuopio Psychiatric Center, P.O. Box 1777, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland. Tel.: +358 17 175934.
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  • Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, Lapland Hospital District, Rovaniemi, Finland
  • ,
  • Soili M. Lehto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
  • ,
  • Jukka Hintikka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
  • ,
  • Kaisa Haatainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
  • ,
  • Teemu Rissanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
  • ,
  • Heimo Viinamäki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Received 22 April 2008; received in revised form 20 May 2009; accepted 20 May 2009. published online 24 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00189-5

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.05.010

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 269-273, March 2010