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Alexithymia, Masked Depression and Loss in a Holocaust Survivor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Z. Fisch
Robert Z. Fisch*
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract

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A woman who suffered multiple losses in childhood and adolescence became depressed 40 years later, after a series of new losses. Concomitant alexithymic features caused a masking of her depression by somatic symptoms. The relationships between alexithymia, masked depression and loss are discussed.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 708 - 710
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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