Could alexithymia predict suicide attempts - a study of Croatian war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: These results point out that alexithymia can be considered as a potential risk factor for suicide in this population, suggesting that it may also be used as an indicator of worsening psychological status and attempted suicide in other population groups with higher alexithymia prevalence. PMID: 26609656 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychiatria Danubina - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatr Danub Source Type: research