The Alexithymia and its relationships with psychiatric disorders and suicide

Prof. Domenico De Berardis, MD, PhD, NHS, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, “G. Mazzini” Hospital, Asl 4 Teramo, Italy.
Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chair of Psychiatry, University of Chieti, Italy.
Contract Professor of Pharmacology, School of Nursing, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
Lecture 8
Title: The Alexithymia and its relationships with psychiatric disorders and suicide
Abstract
It has been extensively proven that subjects with alexithymia may show affective dysregulation as well as the incapacity to self relieve and deal with emotions due to a relative lack of emotional consciousness. Therefore, these subjects may suffer from severe anxiety and depression, usually suffering from a relatively higher psychological pain, and may be at risk of developing both inexplicable somatic symptoms and symptoms of emotional distress as they are, on a psychological point of view, inadequately furnished. Besides, numerous studies showed that alexithymics might insufficiently respond both to psychopharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The typical characteristics of alexithymic behavior are mostly evident in social relationships with high emotional connotations. A persistent affect-avoiding in interpersonal behaviors are rather distressing and may produce instability and struggles in such significant relationships, subsidizing the increase of symptoms of anxiety and depression, thus increasing the possibility of suicidal ideation and behavior. The aim of this presentation is to give some update on the alexithymia construct and its relationships with psychiatric disorders and to suggest why alexithymia should be investigated in everyday clinical and research practice.
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This is the best information I have found here on CZcams. Grazie mille Dr de Berardis. What humility, to hope we didn't find the presentation boring. It was full of really important points for therapists.