Language and alexithymia: Evidence for the role of the inferior frontal gyrus in acquired alexithymia.

ABSTRACT: The clinical relevance of alexithymia, a condition associated with difficulties identifying and describing one's own emotion, is becoming ever more apparent. Increased rates of alexithymia are observed in multiple psychiatric conditions, and also in neurological conditions resulting from both organic and traumatic brain injury. The presence of alexithymia in these conditions predicts poorer regulation of one's emotions, decreased treatment response, and increased burden on carers. While clinically important, the aetiology of alexithymia is still a matter of debate, with several authors arguing for multiple 'routes' to impaired understanding of one's own emotions, which may or may not result in distinct subtypes of alexithymia. While previous studies support the role of impaired interocepti

SUBMITTER: Hobson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478116 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature