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Chapter 11 - Social and Interpersonal Implications of Alexithymia

from Part III - Clinical Issues and Somatic and Psychiatric Pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2018

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Delphine Grynberg ,
Sylvie Berthoz  and
Geoffrey Bird
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Olivier Luminet ,
R. Michael Bagby  and
Graeme J. Taylor
Olivier Luminet
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
R. Michael Bagby
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Graeme J. Taylor
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Alexithymia
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